Chinese Character Wiki
行

xíng, háng

walk

Depicts a street intersection.

Evolution

行 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
行 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
行 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
行 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
行 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

行  

xíng

go; walk; move, travel; circulate; to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense

行  

háng

row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column

Most common words with 行
Freq.
Word
Meaning

行

to walk

进行

to advance

行动

operation

行为

action

银行

bank

Component uses

Meaning component in 13 characters (7 verified)

衕 術 卫 衛 衝 衚 街 衍 衙 衢 鴴 鸻 衖

Sound component in 9 characters (1 verified)

衡 銜 衔 珩 桁 荇 絎 绗 筕

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

彳

Deleted component in 2 characters (2 verified)

术 卫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ˤaŋ

hang

háng

rank, row

*Cə.[g]ˤraŋ

haeng

xíng

walk (v.)

*[g]ˤraŋ-s

haengH

xíng

action


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.3272% of movies

111th most common character in movies

53rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+884C

Shuowen

“行，人之步趨也。从彳，从亍。”


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