施行
shīxíng · HSK 7
put in force
📜⚙️ 施 (carry out) + 行 (to do) = carry out + do = put a rule into action
行 — crossroads pictograph (left 彳 + right 亍)
行 originally pictured a four-way crossroads in oracle bone script, with two paths meeting. From 'road' it extended to 'walk, go, travel,' and then to 'a row, line' or 'business firm' (read háng). The two halves 彳 and 亍 are the split sides of that ancient crossroads.