行方不明

ゆくえふめい

yukuefumei

whereabouts unknown

jlpt n4

each kanji

this word is read as a whole rather than kanji by kanji, so there is no one reading to give each character. their usual readings are below.

行

act, bank, carry out

onあん anぎょう gyōこう kō

kunい.き ikiいき ikiゆ.き yukiゆき yuki

jlpt n5 · 6 strokes

方

alternative, direction, person

onほう hō

kunかた kataがた gata

jlpt n4 · 4 strokes

不

bad, clumsy, negative

onふ fuぶ bu

jlpt n4 · 4 strokes

明

bright, light

onみょう myōみん minめい mei

kunあ.け akeあ.かす akasuあ.かり akariあ.く aku

jlpt n4 · 8 strokes

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words that share a kanji

  • 四方八方 in every direction; all around
  • 八方美人 people pleaser, tries to please everyone
  • 不言実行 actions over words; doing instead of talking
  • 有言実行 announcing your goal out loud and then actually following through on it (opposite of 不言実行)
  • 自由行動 free action, acting freely, doing as one pleases
  • 諸行無常 all things are impermanent and constantly changing (Buddhist concept)

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