行(xíng): (bound form) row
HSK 16 strokes
Readingsxínghánghànghéng
(bound form) row
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- xíng / háng / hàng / héng
- Meaning
- (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 行 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 行 step by step
6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 行
Common words using 行 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
shàng上xíng行
(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against t…
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