不言実行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	言	実	行
ふ Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2	じつ > じっ Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
不言實行 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語): 不言(ふげん) (fugen, “silence; not saying anything”) + 実行(じっこう) (jikkō, “carrying out, executing a task”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふげん・じっこー [fúꜜgèǹ jìkkóó] (Atamadaka + Heiban – [1]-[0])^[1]

(Tokyo) ふげん・じっこー [fùgéń jìkkóó] (Heiban + Heiban – [0]-[0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑik̚ko̞ː]

Noun

不(ふ)言(げん)実(じっ)行(こう) • (fugenjikkō)

action before words; work before talk

See also

有言実行(ゆうげんじっこう) (yūgenjikkō)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“不言実行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026