Oh the joys of kanji

By now, we think we know this kanji, maybe?

行

It's fairly easy to draw, and we see it a lot because it's 'to go': 行く ('iku') is the plain form, 行きます ('ikimasu') is the polite form.

Well, think again. How do you think you would pronounce 銀行? But of course, it's 'ginkou' - a bank. (If you look closely, the left half of the left kanji is 金 or money, gold. So it's where your money goes.)

Now look at this verb:

行う

That's not a く at the end but an う. So how do we pronounce it? 'iu'? Maybe 'kouu' or something?

None of the above. This is pronounced 'okonau'. It means 'to do, to carry out'.