The Japanese Radical: 行

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Meaning
to go    行

Explanation Radikal gyougamae, often also used in the half shape: 彳 gyounin.

Used in these Kanji:
行
JLPT 5Joyo 2
 to go, come, conduct
iku, yuku, okonau, KŌ, GYŌ, AN
 行 彳

Twice the radical for going 彳 means "to go".
衛
JLPT 1Joyo 5
 guard, protection, defend
EI
 行 韋
Outside: to go 行, inside: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
Walking fivefold around the center: the guard.
術
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 art, technique, means
sube, JUTSU
 行
Outside: to go 行, in the middle: 术 (tree 木 with a mark 丶)
Going around the marked tree requires an artful technique.
街
JLPT 3Joyo 4
 district, area, road
machi, GAI, KAI
 行 圭 土
Outside: to go 行, center: piled soil 圭 (= 2x earth 土)
I am walking on elevated earth: The road in my district.
衡
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 balance, scales, equilibrium
KŌ
 行 魚 大
Outside: to go 行, middle: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down)
Put the big fish on the shown: scales.
衝
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 collide, point of connection, clash
SHŌ
 行 重
Outside: go 行 (here: pedestrians), center: heavy 重 (vehicle 車 with double wheels)
When the heavy (vehicle) runs into the pedestrians, it colliding in a clash.
桁
JLPT -Joyo 7
 (cross-)beam, spar, place, digit (math.)
keta, KŌ
 木 行
Left: tree 木, right: go/walk 行
A tree you can walk on is a (cross-)beam.

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