行書

See also: 行书

Chinese

		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	book; letter
trad. (行書)		行	書
simp. (行书)		行	书

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 行書 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• semi-cursive script (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàng-sû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-chir / hêng-su / hêng-si
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yin-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngshu
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-shu¹
    • Yale: syíng-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshu
    • Palladius: синшу (sinšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: hàhng syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ su^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hang² su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chir
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-su
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsw
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-si
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yin-sy
    • MiniDict: yin^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhin-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦin²² sz̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: haeng syo

Rime
Character	行	書
Reading #	2/4	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	戸庚切	傷魚切
Baxter	haeng	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ/	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ/	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ/	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ/	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ/	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ/	/ɕĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ/	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	héng	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang4	syu1

Noun

行書

1. (calligraphy) semi-cursive script; running hand; running script

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行書):

• → Japanese: 行書(ぎょうしょ) (gyōsho)
• → Korean: 행서(行書) (haengseo)
• → Vietnamese: hành thư (行書)

See also

• 草書／草书 (cǎoshū)
• 楷書／楷书 (kǎishū)