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 | to arrange; to line up; row to arrange; to line up; row; file; series | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(行列) | 行 | 列 | |
| simp.#(行列) | 行 | 列 | |
行列
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 行 | 列 |
| ぎょう Grade: 2 | れつ Grade: 3 |
| goon | kan'on |
FromOld Japanese, in turn fromMiddle Chinese行列 (MC haeng ljet). First attested in Japanese in 749.[1]
The date of the mathematical sense is uncertain. Matrices for calculation were long known in Chinese mathematics, and were used to solve systems of linear equations in the work九章算術 /九章算术(“The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art”), compiled from the 10th through the 2nd centuriesBCE. The component terms行 and列(liè) are both used in that text, but not in the particular combination of行列(hángliè) (see alsoWikisource). The first Japanese work on this aspect of mathematics was a 1683 text by関孝和(Seki Takakazu), but it is not yet clear if this text includes the term行列(gyōretsu) with the sense ofmatrix.
行列• (gyōretsu) ←ぎやうれつ(gyauretu)?
行列する• (gyōretsusuru) ←ぎやうれつ(gyauretu)?suru (stem行列し(gyōretsushi),past行列した(gyōretsushita))