履行

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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ijʔ Cə.[ɡ]ˤraŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*riʔ ɡraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	履	行
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǚ	xíng
Middle Chinese	‹ lij^X ›	‹ hæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ijʔ/	/*Cə.[ɡ]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. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

履行

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
(Classical) to walk
- 誰能履行雪中，令人視之，其上履也，其履下處乃似人足者乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  谁能履行雪中，令人视之，其上履也，其履下处乃似人足者乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Shéi néng lǚxíng xuě zhōng, lìng rén shì zhī, qí shàng lǚ yě, qí lǚ xià chù nǎi sì rén zú zhě hū? [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

履行

履(り)行(こう) • (rikō)

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))

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 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

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

Hanja in this term
履	行

履行 • (ihaeng) (hangeul 이행)