Japanese symbol for “taking”

連行

れんこう

Romaji: renkou

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

In Japanese, taking is 連行, read れんこう (renkou).

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Meanings

n, vs, vt taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

Kanji and stroke order

連

take along, lead, join

on: レン
kun: つら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ

10 strokes · JLPT 2

行

going, journey, carry out

on: コウ、ギョウ、アン
kun: い.く、ゆ.く、-ゆ.き、-ゆき

6 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “taking”

Word	Reading	Meaning
引き取り	ひきとり hikitori	taking; accepting; receipt
持参	じさん jisan	bringing; taking; carrying
履修	りしゅう rishuu	taking (a class); studying; completion (of a course)
攻略	こうりゃく kouryaku	capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest
取り	とり tori	taking; taker; collecting

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
連絡	れんらく renraku	contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch
関連	かんれん kanren	relation; connection; relevance
連続	れんぞく renzoku	continuation; succession; series
連合	れんごう rengou	union; combination; alliance
連邦	れんぽう renpou	federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth
連中	れんちゅう renchuu	company; lot; people
行動	こうどう koudou	action; conduct; behaviour
行う	おこなう okonau	to perform; to do; to conduct oneself

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.