(xíng)

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 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰彳亍

To take small steps 亍 with one's feet 彳

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xíng
HSK 2

won't do

Open 不行 page →
háng
HSK 6

party; delegation

Open 一行 page →
HSK 7-9

every word and action (idiom)

Open 一言一行 page →
bìngxíng
HSK 7-9

to proceed in parallel

Open 并行 page →
shàngxíng

(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against t…

Open 上行 page →
xiàxíng

(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital); (of river boats) to travel d…

Open 下行 page →

obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)

Open 一意孤行 page →

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