Kanji 旅

音読おんよみ: リョ

訓読くんよみ: たび

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: ほうへん(方)

Meaning

Travel / Trip / Journey

  • たびする — to travel / to go on a journey
  • 旅行りょこう — travel, trip
  • 旅館りょかん — Japanese inn
  • 旅人たびびと — traveler
  • 旅立たびだつ — to set out on a journey
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  • 旅路たびじ — journey, one’s travels
  • 旅客りょかく — passenger, traveler
  • 旅費りょひ — travel expenses
  • 旅券りょけん — passport
  • 新婚旅行しんこんりょこう — honeymoon

The character 旅 originally described a group of soldiers marching together. Over time, it came to mean “travel” in a broader sense — especially moving from place to place with a shared purpose. The radical 方 (ほう) often suggests direction or movement.

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