行方

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (行方)		行	方

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 行方 (Namegata).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xíngfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xíngfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Síngfang
    • Wade–Giles: Hsing²-fang¹
    • Yale: Syíng-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyngfang
    • Palladius: Синфан (Sinfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

行方

1. (～市) Namegata (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	方
ゆ(く) Grade: 2	へ > え Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
行衛 (ateji)

Etymology 1

⟨yukupe₁⟩ → */jukupʲe/ → /jukuɸe/ → /jukuwe/ → /jukue/

From Old Japanese.

From verb 行く (yuku, “to go”) +‎ 辺 (-he, “direction, location”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆくえ [yùkúé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

行(ゆく)方(え) • (yukue) ^{←ゆくへ (yukufe)?}

1. one's whereabouts, direction or destination
   • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 11, poem 1071, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 46)

     由良(ゆら)の門(と)を渡(わた)る舟人(ふなびと)かぢを絶(た)えゆくへも知(し)らぬ恋(こひ)の道(みち)かな

     Yura-no-to o wataru funabito kaji o tae yukue mo shiranu koi no michi kana

     Like the boat-man losing his oar while crossing the Yura Strait, I am lost in thought on my path-way of longing [or love].

2. one's outlook, outcome, or future
   • 1992, “Moonlight Densetsu [Moonlight Legend]”, Kanako Oda (lyrics), Tetsuya Komoro (music), performed by Dali:

     星(せい)座(ざ)の瞬(またた)き数(かぞ)え占(うらな)う恋(こい)の行(ゆく)方(え)　同(おな)じ地球(くに)に生(う)まれたのミラクル・ロマンス

     seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue onaji kuni ni umareta no mirakuru romansu

     Counting the twinkling constellations and predicting love's outcome, [we are] born on this same Earth, a miracle romance.

3. one's descendant or offspring
4. (archaic women's speech) Synonym of ぜに (zeni): a round coin with a square hole in the center

Derived terms

• 行(ゆく)方(え)なし (yukue nashi)
• 行(ゆく)方(え)不(ふ)明(めい) (yukue fumei, “missing, unaccounted for”)
• 行(ゆく)方(え)も知(し)らず (yukue mo shirazu)

Idioms

• 行(ゆく)方(え)を眩(くら)ます (yukue o kuramasu, “disappear, go into hiding”)
• 苔(こけ)の行(ゆく)方(え) (koke no yukue)
• 水(みず)の流(なが)れと人(ひと)の行(ゆく)方(え) (mizu no nagare to hito no yukue)

Proper noun

行(ゆく)方(え) • (Yukue) ^{←ゆくへ (yukufe)?}

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
行	方
Grade: 2 (ateji)	かた > がた Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular	kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Also spelled Namekata (without rendaku) in older texts. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

行方(なめがた) • (Namegata) 

1. Namegata (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname

Etymology 3

Other various nanori readings.

Proper noun

行方(いくかた) • (Ikukata) 

1. a surname

行方(ぎょうほう) • (Gyōhō) ^{←ぎやうはう (gyaufau)?}

1. a placename
2. a surname

行方(なみかた) • (Namikata) 

1. a surname

行方(ひじかた) • (Hijikata) ^{←ひぢかた (fidikata)?}

1. a surname

行方(ゆきかた) • (Yukikata) 

1. a surname
2. a male or female given name

行方(ゆきがた) • (Yukigata) 

1. a surname

行方(ゆくがた) • (Yukugata) 

1. a surname

See also

• 行(ゆ)き方(かた) (yukikata), 行(い)き方(かた) (ikikata)
• 行(ゆ)き方(がた) (yukigata)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 行く (yuku, “to go”) +‎ 邊 (-pe₁, “direction, location”).

Noun

行方 (yukupe₁) (kana ゆくへ)

1. one's whereabouts, direction or destination
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 264:
     , text here

     物乃部能八十氏河乃阿白木爾不知代經浪乃去邊白不母

     mono₂no₂pu no₂ yaso₁ Udigapa no₂ aziro₁ki₂ ni isayo₁pu nami₁ no₂ yukupe₁ sirazu mo

     The waves that swirl in the fishing weirs on the Uji river of the eighty clans of warriors, know not where to go.

2. one's outlook, outcome, or future
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2723:
     , text here

     數多不有名乎霜惜三埋木之下從其戀去方不知而

     amata aranu na wo si mo wosimi₁ umoregi₂ no₂ sitayu so₂ko₁puru yukupe₁ sirazute

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 行方なし (yukupe₁ nasi)
• 行方も知らず (yukupe₁ mo sirazu)

Descendants

• Japanese: 行方 (yukue)