See also: 彳亍
U+884C, 行
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-884C

[U+884B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+884D]
U+2F8F, ⾏
KANGXI RADICAL WALK ENCLOSURE

[U+2F8E]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F90]
U+FA08, 行
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA08

[U+FA07]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA09]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 144, 行+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一一弓 (HOMMN), four-corner 21221, composition)

  1. Kangxi radical #144, .
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №37

Usage notes

行 itself is also used as a radical (in addition to ); unusually for radicals, the phonetic is placed in the middle – with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right – corresponding to the phonetic originally being placed at the middle of the intersection.

Derived characters

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script

Pictogram (象形) – a street intersection.

Originally symmetric, it has been simplified asymmetrically; the left half is widely used as a radical, while the right half finds occasional use, and the character can be broken up as + , though originally it was not a compound.

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • haang4 - vernacular;
  • hang4 - literary.
Note:
  • hen2 - vernacular (e.g. 行時);
  • xin4 - literary.
Note: Sixian - hèn - used in 行李.
Note:
  • giǎng - vernacular;
  • ǎing - literary.
  • Min Dong
    • (Fuzhou)
      • Bàng-uâ-cê: giàng / hèng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kiaŋ⁵³/, /hɛiŋ⁵³/
Note:
  • giàng - vernacular;
  • hèng - literary.
Note:
  • kiâⁿ - vernacular;
  • hêng - literary.
Note:
  • gian5 - vernacular;
  • hêng5 - literary (used in 行李).
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: hhan (T3); hhin (T3)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɦã²³/, /ɦɪɲ²³/
Note:
  • 3hhan - vernacular;
  • 3hhin - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /xɑŋ³⁵/
Harbin /xaŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /xɑŋ⁴⁵/ ~到
/ɕiŋ⁴⁵/ ~為
Jinan /xaŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /xaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xaŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /xaŋ²⁴/
Xining /xɔ̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /xɑŋ⁵³/ 銀~
/ɕiŋ⁵³/ ~走
Lanzhou /xɑ̃⁵³/
Ürümqi /xɑŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /xaŋ²¹³/
Chengdu /xaŋ³¹/
Guiyang /xaŋ²¹/
Kunming /xã̠¹/ ~列
/ɕĩ¹/ ~為
Nanjing /xaŋ²⁴/
Hefei /xɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /xɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /xɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /xɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦɑ̃²³/
Suzhou /ɦɑ̃¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦɑŋ²¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦuɔ³¹/
Hui Shexian /xa⁴⁴/
Tunxi /xau⁴⁴/ 銀~
/xe⁴⁴/ ~動
Xiang Changsha /xan¹³/
Xiangtan /ɦɔn¹²/
Gan Nanchang /hɔŋ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /haŋ¹¹/ ~路
/hoŋ¹¹/ 銀~
Taoyuan /hoŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɔŋ²¹/ 銀~
/hɐŋ²¹/ 平~
Nanning /hɔŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /hɔŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /haŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /houŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ɔŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /haŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /haŋ³¹/
/o³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/4
Initial () (33)
Final () (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɣɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɣɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
héng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hang4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/
English walk (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/4
No. 13867
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːŋ/

Definitions

  1. (literary or dialectal) to walk
  2. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to go
    巴士 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    gaa3 baa1 si6 haang4 dak1 hou2 maan6 [Jyutping]
    the bus goes slowly
  3. (Cantonese) to navigate
    落咗車 [Cantonese, trad.]
    落咗车 [Cantonese, simp.]
    lok6 zo2 ce1 zi1 hau6 dim2 haang4 aa3? [Jyutping]
    What do I do after I get off?
  4. (Cantonese, computing) to run
  5. to go; to move
  6. to carry out; to execute
  7. to perform (a salute)
  8. OK; good
    這麼这么   Xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.   OK, it's a deal.
  9. to be good; to work
    覺得方法觉得方法   Wǒ juéde zhè fāngfǎ xíng.   I think this will work.
  10. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with )
    成績成绩   Wǒ chéngjì bù xíng.   I have bad grades.
  11. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before)
    分鐘公里 [MSC, trad.]
    分钟公里 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā néng sì fēnzhōng pǎo yī gōnglǐ, wǒ bù xíng. [Pinyin]
    He can run a kilometer within 4 minutes. I can't (do that).
  12. (often sarcastic) remarkable
       Nǐ zhēn xíng.   You are really something.
    可還可还   kěháixíng   (please add an English translation of this example)
Usage notes

Notice that when meaning “be able to do something”, can only be used without a complement. This is different from (néng, to be able to (do something)).

Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • òng - vernacular;
  • hòng - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /xɑŋ³⁵/
Harbin /xaŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /xɑŋ⁴⁵/ ~到
/ɕiŋ⁴⁵/ ~為
Jinan /xaŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /xaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xaŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /xaŋ²⁴/
Xining /xɔ̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /xɑŋ⁵³/ 銀~
/ɕiŋ⁵³/ ~走
Lanzhou /xɑ̃⁵³/
Ürümqi /xɑŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /xaŋ²¹³/
Chengdu /xaŋ³¹/
Guiyang /xaŋ²¹/
Kunming /xã̠¹/ ~列
/ɕĩ¹/ ~為
Nanjing /xaŋ²⁴/
Hefei /xɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /xɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /xɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /xɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦɑ̃²³/
Suzhou /ɦɑ̃¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦɑŋ²¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦuɔ³¹/
Hui Shexian /xa⁴⁴/
Tunxi /xau⁴⁴/ 銀~
/xe⁴⁴/ ~動
Xiang Changsha /xan¹³/
Xiangtan /ɦɔn¹²/
Gan Nanchang /hɔŋ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /haŋ¹¹/ ~路
/hoŋ¹¹/ 銀~
Taoyuan /hoŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɔŋ²¹/ 銀~
/hɐŋ²¹/ 平~
Nanning /hɔŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /hɔŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /haŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /houŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ɔŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /haŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /haŋ³¹/
/o³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4
Initial () (33)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
háng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hong4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
háng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁaŋ/
English rank, row

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4
No. 13864
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːŋ/

Definitions

  1. profession; industry; trade; business
  2. place for specific transaction
       yínháng   bank [lit. money store]
    珠寶珠宝   zhūbǎoháng   jewellery store
  3. line of objects; row
    [Cantonese]   loeng5 hong4 zi6 [Jyutping]   two lines of text
  4. (Mainland China) row (in data tables)
    Synonym: (liè) (Taiwan)
  5. (Taiwan) column (in data tables)
    Synonym: (liè) (Mainland China)
  6. (Cantonese) Short for 行貨行货.
  7. (Cantonese) coarse; of poor quality; too general

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ぎょう) (gyō)
  • Korean: 항(行) (hang)
  • Vietnamese: hàng ()

Others:

Pronunciation 3



Rime
Character
Reading # 4/4
Initial () (33)
Final () (109)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɣɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɣɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hang6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hængH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁraŋ-s/
English action

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 4/4
No. 13876
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːŋs/

Definitions

  1. behaviour; conduct

Compounds

Pronunciation 4



Rime
Character
Reading # 4/4
Initial () (33)
Final () (109)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɣɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɣɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hang6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hængH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁraŋ-s/
English action

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 4/4
No. 13876
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːŋs/

Definitions

  1. skill from monk training
       dàohéng   monk training

Pronunciation 5



Rime
Character
Reading # 3/4
Initial () (33)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hong6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/4
No. 13866
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːŋs/

Definitions

  1. order; rank
  2. Used in 行行.
  3. Used in 樹行子树行子.

References


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to go
  2. to carry out
  3. line, row

Readings

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦˠæŋ); compare Mandarin (xíng):

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦˠæŋH); compare Mandarin (xìng):

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦɑŋ); compare Mandarin (háng):

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦɑŋH); compare Mandarin (hàng):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦˠæŋ). First cited in Buddhist texts of the early 600s.[1]

The goon pronunciation, so likely an earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぎょう) (gyō) ぎやう (gyau)?

  1. [from late 1100s] a line of text
  2. [date uncertain] (mathematics) a row of a matrix
  3. [from 1177] (calligraphy) Abbreviation of 行書 (semi-cursive script).
  4. [from 1887] a row or column, such as in a table; more specifically, such a row or column in the gojūon table, which consists of kana that have or historically had the same initial consonant
    (ぎょう)(だん)
    sa-gyō u-dan
    row sa, section u (of consonant /s/ and vowel /u/)
    Coordinate term: (dan)
  5. [from 830] (Buddhism) saṅkhāra: formations, mental activity; one of the 五蘊 (goun, five skandhas)
  6. [from early 600s] (Buddhism) caryā: austerities; practice or discipline for enlightenment (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  7. [date uncertain] (Buddhism) gamana: manner of going forward or walking (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Synonyms
  • (formations): (ぎょう)(うん) (gyōun)
See also

Proper noun

(ぎょう) (Gyō) 

  1. A surname
  2. a unisex given name

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦɑŋ, ɦˠæŋ, ɦɑŋH, ɦˠæŋH). First cited to 1275.[1]

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely the later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう) () かう (kau)?

  1. going; travelling (UK), traveling (US)
  2. type of classical Chinese verse (usually an epic)
  3. (archaic) merchant's association; guild
  4. bank (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Proper noun

(こう) () 

  1. a unisex given name

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Affix

(あん) (an) 

  1. journey; travel
  2. carry around

Etymology 4

Cognate with 下り (kudari, downward-going).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だり [kùdárí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝda̠ɾʲi]

Noun

(くだり) (kudari) 

  1. vertical row
  2. vertical line

Suffix

(くだり) (-kudari) 

  1. used to count lines of sentences (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Etymology 5

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

(あきら) or (すすむ) or (とおる) or (まこと) (Akira or Susumu or Tōru or Makoto) 

  1. a unisex given name

Proper noun

(あるき) (Aruki) 

  1. A place name

Proper noun

(あん) or (いく) or (いたる) or (ゆくえ) (An or Iku or Itaru or Yukue) 

  1. a female given name

Proper noun

(つとむ) or (つよし) (Tsutomu or Tsuyoshi) 

  1. a male given name

Proper noun

(ゆき) (Yuki) 

  1. A place name
  2. A surname
  3. a female given name

References

  1. ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

“movement; going”

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦˠæŋ, “walk; move”).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᆡᇰ (Yale: hhòyng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 ᄒᆡᇰRecorded as Middle Korean ᄒᆡᇰ (hoyng) (Yale: hòyng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 ᄒᆡᆼRecorded as Middle Korean ᄒᆡᆼ (hoyng) (Yale: hoyng) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Early Modern Korean
TextFinal (韻)Reading
Samun Seonghwi, 1751ᄃᆞᆫ닐 ᄒᆡᆼRecorded as Early Modern Korean ᄒᆡᆼ (Yale: hoyng) in Juhae Cheonjamun (註解千字文 / 주해천자문), 1804.
“behaviour; conduct”

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦˠæŋH, “behaviour”).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᆡᇰ〮 (Yale: hhóyng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527ᄒᆡᇰ〯뎍〮 ᄒᆡᇰ〯Recorded as Middle Korean ᄒᆡᇰ〯 (hǒyng) (Yale: hǒyng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575ᄒᆡᆼ실 ᄒᆡᆼRecorded as Middle Korean  ᄒᆡᆼ ( hoyng) (Yale: hoyng) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Early Modern Korean
TextFinal (韻)Reading
Samun Seonghwi, 1751ᄒᆡᆼ실 ᄒᆡᆼRecorded as Early Modern Korean ᄒᆡᆼ (Yale: hoyng) in Juhae Cheonjamun (註解千字文 / 주해천자문), 1804.
“line; row”
From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is ⦃⦃ko-l¦항⦄⦄ based on Middle Chinese (MC ɦɑŋ, “row”).
“place for specific transaction”
From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is ⦃⦃ko-l¦항⦄⦄ based on Middle Chinese (MC ɦɑŋ, “market”).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource (eumhun 다닐 (danil haeng))

  1. Hanja form? of (movement; going).
  2. Hanja form? of (behaviour; conduct).
  3. Hanja form? of (line; row).
  4. Hanja form? of (place for specific transaction).
  5. Hanja form? of ((suffix) (transport) bound for).

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦɑŋ, “row”).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅡᇰ (Yale: hhàng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527져제〮 하ᇰRecorded as Middle Korean 하ᇰ (hang) (Yale: hàng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Early Modern Korean
TextFinal (韻)Reading
Samun Seonghwi, 1751Recorded as Early Modern Korean  (Yale: hang) in Juhae Cheonjamun (註解千字文 / 주해천자문), 1804.

Pronunciation

Hanja

(eumhun 항렬 (hangnyeol hang))

  1. Hanja form? of (degree of familial relation).
  2. (historical) Hanja form? of (a line of soldiers).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: hàng, hành, hãng, hạng, hạnh
: Nôm readings: hàng, hành, hăng, ngành

  1. goods, product
  2. shop
  3. queue
  4. (writing) line
  5. (arithmetic) a place
  6. (Confucianism) virtue
  7. rank
  8. company, firm
  9. (archaic) to go, to travel (on a long journey).

Compounds

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