ぎょう

See also: きょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぎょう – see the following entries.

【行】2

[noun] [from late 1100s] a line of text

[noun] [date uncertain] (mathematics) a row of a matrix

[noun] [from 1177] (calligraphy) Abbreviation of 行書 (“semi-cursive script”).

[noun] [from 1887] a row or column, such as in a table; more specifically, such a row or column in the gojūon table, which consists of kana that have or historically had the same initial consonant

[noun] [from 830] (Buddhism) saṅkhāra: formations, mental activity; one of the 五蘊 (goun, “five skandhas”)

[noun] [from early 600s] (Buddhism) caryā: austerities; practice or discipline for enlightenment (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[noun] [date uncertain] (Buddhism) gamana: manner of going forward or walking (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[proper noun] A surname

[proper noun] a unisex given name

【業】3

[noun] work, task, business: the job at hand

[noun] profession, business, trade: what one does to earn a living

[noun] studies, scholarship (the act of being a scholar), the arts

(This term, ぎょう, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.
For a list of all kanji read as ぎょう, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぎょう.)