履行

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Chinese

shoe; to tread on
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
 
trad. (履行) 履 行
simp. #(履行) 履 行

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 履 行
Reading # 1/1 2/4
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 力几切 戸庚切
Baxter lijX haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liɪX/ /ɦˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liX/ /ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljɪX/ /ɣaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liX/ /ɦaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/liX/ /ɣɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/liX/ /ɣɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/liX/ /ɣɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǐ héng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lei5 hang4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 履 行
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǚ xíng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lijX › ‹ hæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ijʔ/ /*Cə.ˁraŋ/
English tread on; sandal walk (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 履 行
Reading # 1/1 3/4
No. 8603 13867
Phonetic
component 		履 行
Rime
group 		脂 陽
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		履 行
Old
Chinese 		/*riʔ/ /*ɡraːŋ/
Notes 說文一曰屍聲，
甲文爲眉聲

Verb

履行

  1. to fulfill (one's promise); to perform (one's duty, a contract, etc.); to carry out
    履行承諾／履行承诺  ―  lǚxíng chéngnuò  ―  to fulfill a promise
    履行公務／履行公务  ―  lǚxíng gōngwù  ―  to perform official duties
  2. (Classical) to walk

Synonyms

  • (to carry out):
  • (to walk):

Derived terms

Noun

履行

  1. (Classical) moral conduct; behaviour

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
履 行
り
Grade: S 		こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

履(り)行(こう) • (rikō) 

  1. execution, fulfillment, implementation

Verb

履(り)行(こう)する • (rikō suru) transitive suru (stem 履(り)行(こう)し (rikō shi), past 履(り)行(こう)した (rikō shita))

  1. carry out, execute, fulfill, keep
    • 1905, 夏目漱石, 吾輩は猫である:
      「約束(やくそく)なんか履行(りこう)した事(こと)がない。
      “Yakusoku nanka rikō shita koto ga nai.
      He's never kept any of his promises.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "履行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 履行し りこうし rikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 履行し りこうし rikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 履行する りこうする rikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 履行する りこうする rikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 履行すれ りこうすれ rikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 履行せよ¹
履行しろ² 		りこうせよ¹
りこうしろ² 		rikō seyo¹
rikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 履行される りこうされる rikō sareru
Causative 履行させる
履行さす 		りこうさせる
りこうさす 		rikō saseru
rikō sasu
Potential 履行できる りこうできる rikō dekiru
Volitional 履行しよう りこうしよう rikō shiyō
Negative 履行しない りこうしない rikō shinai
Negative continuative 履行せず りこうせず rikō sezu
Formal 履行します りこうします rikō shimasu
Perfective 履行した りこうした rikō shita
Conjunctive 履行して りこうして rikō shite
Hypothetical conditional 履行すれば りこうすれば rikō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
履行

Noun

履行 • (ihaeng) (hangeul 이행)

  1. hanja form? of 이행 (“implementation”)
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