行方

行方

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; 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)

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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])[1]
• 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, Kanako Oda (lyrics), Tetsuya Komoro (music), “Moonlight Densetsu [Moonlight Legend]”, 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. a placename, especially of 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)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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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.[1]

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)

References

1. Anne Commons (2009) Hitomaro: Poet As God (Volume 31 of Brill's Japanese Studies Library), illustrated edition, BRILL, →ISBN, page 87