行

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Radical 144 行

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

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

行 itself is also used as a radical (in addition to 彳); 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.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/行
• 哘, 垳, 㤚, 𢫱, 洐, 𭤷, 𣆯, 桁, 烆, 珩, 胻, 𮁴, 䀪, 𮀖, 𥞧, 裄, 絎(绗), 𦨵, 𧊽, 𠒣, 𧻥, 䟰, 𮠧, 𬫑, 䯒, 䰢, 𫙚, 𮬷
• 鴴(鸻), 𢙡, 𪩵, 𪨳, 荇, 筕, 𢔖, 𧊔, 𢔮, 䚘, 䡓, 𢕋, 𢕁, 銜, 𢕵, 𢖍, 鵆, 𨴠

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1108, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34029
• Dae Jaweon: page 1570, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 811, character 6
• Unihan data for U+884C

• Unihan data for U+FA08

Historical forms of the character 行
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 彳 (chì) is widely used as a radical, while the right half 亍 (chù) finds occasional use, and the character can be broken up as 彳 + 亍, though originally it was not a compound.

行

1. (literary or dialectal) to walk

   • 子曰：「三人行，必有我師焉。擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。」
     子曰：「三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。」

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Sān rén xíng, bì yǒu wǒ shī yān. Zé qí shàn zhě ér cóng zhī, qí bù shàn zhě ér gǎi zhī.”

     The Master said, “When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.”

2. (literary) trip; journey

   千里之行，始於足下
   千里之行，始于足下

   qiānlǐzhīxíng, shǐyúzúxià

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. travel

   行程  ―  xíngchéng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   行裝／行装  ―  xíngzhuāng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. temporary; makeshift

   行商  ―  xíngshāng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   行營／行营  ―  xíngyíng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to go

   架巴士行得好慢

   gaa³ baa¹ si⁶ haang⁴ dak¹ hou² maan⁶

   the bus goes slowly

6. (Cantonese) to navigate

   落咗車之後點行呀？
   落咗车之后点行呀？

   lok⁶ zo² ce¹ zi¹ hau⁶ dim² haang⁴ aa³?

   What do I do after I get off?

7. (Cantonese) to roam; to stroll; to wander

   Synonym: 逛 (guàng)

8. (Cantonese, computing) to run
9. to go; to move
10. to carry out; to execute
11. to perform (a salute)
12. OK; good

    行，就這麼定了。
    行，就这么定了。

    Xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.

    OK, it's a deal.

13. to be good; to work

    我覺得這方法行。
    我觉得这方法行。

    Wǒ juéde zhè fāngfǎ xíng.

    I think this will work.

14. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with 還 / 还)

    我成績不行。／我成绩不行。  ―  Wǒ chéngjì bù xíng.  ―  I have bad grades.

15. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before)

    他能四分鐘跑一公里，我不行。
    他能四分钟跑一公里，我不行。

    Tā néng sì fēnzhōng pǎo yī gōnglǐ, wǒ bù xíng.

    He can run a kilometre within 4 minutes. I can't (do that).

16. (often sarcastic) remarkable

    你真行。  ―  Nǐ zhēn xíng.  ―  You are really something.

    可還行／可还行  ―  kěháixíng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

17. (Northern Wu) trending; fashionable; popular

    阿拉伊搶辰光專門行派力司褲子個。
    阿拉伊抢辰光专门行派力司裤子个。

    ⁷aq-laq-i-chian ⁶zen-kuaon ¹tsoe-men ⁶ghan ¹pha-liq-sy ¹khu-tsy-gheq

    In our days palace trousers were especially in.

18. (Hinduism, Buddhism) vedana

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