行书

行書
xíngshū
noun

Measure Word

行书 zhǒng

Meanings

  1. 1 running script (Chinese calligraphy)
  2. 2 semi-cursive script

Examples

Tā de xíngshū xiě de fēicháng piàoliang.
His running script is extremely beautiful.
«Lántíng Xù» shì xíngshū de dàibiǎozuò.
'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion' is the representative work of running script.

Tips

culture
One of the five major Chinese calligraphy scripts, sitting between 楷书 (regular) and 草书 (cursive). Wang Xizhi's 《》 (353 CE) is regarded as 天下第一行书. Faster than kaishu, more legible than caoshu.

Stroke Order

xíng
shū