# 行方
## Chinese

* 行方市

### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 行方 (Namegata).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xíngfāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄤ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xíngfāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Síngfang
*** Wade–Giles: Hsing$^2$-fang$^1$
*** Yale: Syíng-fāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyngfang
*** Palladius: Синфан (Sinfan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

### Proper noun

行方
* (～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

⟨yukupe$_1$⟩ → */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: [jɯ̟kɯ̟e̞]

#### Noun

行(ゆく)方(え) • (yukue)
* 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].
* 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.
* one's descendant or offspring
* (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)
* 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)
* Namegata (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
* a surname

### Etymology 3

Other various nanori readings.

#### Proper noun

行方(いくかた) • (Ikukata)
* a surname

#### Proper noun

行方(ぎょうほう) • (Gyōhō)
* a placename
* a surname

#### Proper noun

行方(なみかた) • (Namikata)
* a surname

#### Proper noun

行方(ひじかた) • (Hijikata)
* a surname

#### Proper noun

行方(ゆきかた) • (Yukikata)
* a surname
* a male or female given name

#### Proper noun

行方(ゆきがた) • (Yukigata)
* a surname

#### Proper noun

行方(ゆくがた) • (Yukugata)
* 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

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 行 | 方 |

### Noun

行方 • (haengbang) (hangeul 행방)
* hanja form of 행방 (“whereabouts”)

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

From 行く (yuku, “to go”) +‎ 邊 (-pe$_1$, “direction, location”).

### Noun

行方 (yukupe$_1$) (kana ゆくへ)
* 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mono$_2$no$_2$pu no$_2$ yaso$_1$ Udigapa no$_2$ aziro$_1$ki$_2$ ni isayo$_1$pu nami$_1$ no$_2$ yukupe$_1$ sirazu moThe waves that swirl in the fishing weirs on the Uji river of the eighty clans of warriors, know not where to go.
* 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 wosimi$_1$ umoregi$_2$ no$_2$ sitayu so$_2$ko$_1$puru yukupe$_1$ sirazute(please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 行方なし (yukupe$_1$ nasi)
* 行方も知らず (yukupe$_1$ mo sirazu)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 行方 (yukue)

### References

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