行

行
hang2 =
h + ang2

a row / series / age order (of brothers) / profession / professional / relating to company | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 行

xing2 =
xi + (e)ng2

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 行

Mnemonic symbol: seven-league boots. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting


Just inside of Stonehenge's entrance, Marie Curie is tired of walking with a black sneaker on her left foot and a full armor boot on her right foot. Fortunately she finds seven-league boots just inside the entrance. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting


行
=
亍
+
彳
亍
chu4 =
chu + Ø4

step with the right foot / see 彳亍[chi4 chu4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亍

A step with the right foot is a kick of a righteous knight, who wears a full armor boot on his right foot. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting


亍
=
亅
+
二
亅
jue2 =
ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅

Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

亍
=
亅
+
二
二
er4 =
Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 二

As a component in other characters, 二 represents a capacitor. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor.

Albert Einstein (-) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (-4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

二
=
一
一
yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

行
=
亍
+
彳
彳
chi4 =
ch + Ø4

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 彳

Left foot: Black sneakers. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting


彳
=
丿
+
亻
丿
pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

彳
=
丿
+
亻
亻
ren2 =
r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亻

I will represent this radical by Rosa Luxemburg. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Robinson Crusoe and Rosa Luxemburg are pulling a new trick just inside the entrance of the Forbidden City. Rosa Luxemburg is balancing on Robinson Crusoe, while balancing a banana on a dinosaur bone. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

亻
=
丿
+
丨
丿
pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago
Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

亻
=
丿
+
丨
丨
gun3 =
gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

This character shall be represented by a dinosaur bone when it appears in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: dinosaur bone.

Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the Forbidden City (-(e)n3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

see 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

Stroke order

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行 appears as component in

街 衔 衍 衙 衢 珩 桁 荇 绗 鸻 胻 衎 衒 衘 銜 衕 衟 衝 衛 衖 衚 術 筕 絎 鴴

行 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 2

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

h

Hamlet - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
ang2

In the Angkor Wat's kitchen - Mnemonic by Matthias, 7 months ago | add a painting

Just inside the entrance of the Songgwangsa - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Just inside the entrance of the Angkor Wat - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

xi

"xi" is for Marie Curie - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago
(e)ng2

Just inside the entrance of Stonehenge - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

In Stonehenge's kitchen - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

Words with 行

自
zi4
行
xing2
车
che1
bicycle / bike / CL:輛|辆[liang4] (HSK level 2)
银
yin2
行
hang2
bank / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] (HSK level 3)
行
xing2
李
li5
箱
xiang1
suitcase / baggage compartment / overhead bin / (car) trunk / boot (HSK level 3)
举
ju3
行
xing2
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) (HSK level 3)
流
liu2
行
xing2
to spread / to rage (of contagious disease) / popular / fashionable / prevalent / (math.) manifold (HSK level 4)
进
jin4
行
xing2
to advance / to conduct / underway / in progress / to do / to carry out / to carry on / to execute (HSK level 4)
行
xing2
人
ren2
pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor (HSK level 5)
行
xing2
动
dong4
operation / action / to move / mobile / CL:個|个[ge4] (HSK level 5)
行
hang2
业
ye4
industry / business (HSK level 5)
行
xing2
为
wei2
action / conduct / behavior / activity (HSK level 5)
实
shi2
行
xing2
to implement / to carry out / to put into practice (HSK level 5)
执
zhi2
行
xing2
to implement / to carry out / to execute / to run (HSK level 5)
外
wai4
行
hang2
layman / amateur (HSK level 6)
品
pin3
行
xing2
behavior / moral conduct (HSK level 6)
盛
sheng4
行
xing2
to be in vogue / to be prevalent (HSK level 6)
运
yun4
行
xing2
to be in motion / to move / (of a computer) to run (HSK level 6)
发
fa1
行
xing2
to publish / to issue (stocks, currency etc) / to release / to distribute (a film) (HSK level 6)
履
lu:3
行
xing2
to fulfill (one's obligations) / to carry out (a task) / to implement (an agreement) / to perform (HSK level 6)
行
xing2
政
zheng4
administrative / executive (adjective) (HSK level 6)
航
hang2
行
xing2
to sail / to fly / to navigate (HSK level 6)
可
ke3
行
xing2
feasible (HSK level 6)
平
ping2
行
xing2
parallel / of equal rank / simultaneous (HSK level 6)
行
hang2
列
lie4
ranks / procession (HSK level 6)
银
yin2
行
hang2
家
jia1
banker
言
yan2
行
xing2
words and actions / what one says and what one does
行
xing2
李
li5
luggage / CL:件[jian4]
行
xing2
医
yi1
to practice medicine (esp. in private practice)
行
xing2
径
jing4
path / conduct / behavior
例
li4
行
xing2
公
gong1
事
shi4
routine business / usual practice / mere formality
出
chu1
行
xing2
to set out on a long journey / to travel afar
排
pai2
行
hang2
榜
bang3
the charts (of best-sellers) / table of ranking
字
zi4
里
li3
行
hang2
间
jian1
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning / connotations
独
du2
断
duan4
专
zhuan1
行
xing2
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
风
feng1
行
xing2
to become fashionable / to catch on / to be popular
遵
zun1
行
xing2
to follow / to obey / compliance
旅
lu:3
行
xing2
团
tuan2
tour group
世
shi4
界
jie4
银
yin2
行
hang2
World Bank
行
hang2
当
dang5
profession / role (acting)
暴
bao4
行
xing2
savage act / outrage / atrocity
德
de2
行
xing5
variant of 德性[de2 xing5]

Example sentences for 行

行 行 不 觉 桃 园 到  →
travel - unconsciously - peach - garden - arrive
Travelling unconsciously, we arrived at the peach grove
就 好 见 机 行 事  →
晓 得 就 行  →
这 半 夜 行 船 也 够 他 们 辛 苦 的 了  →
哦 这 回 问 到 我 们 老 本 行 上 来 了  →
这 行 李 我 呆 会 儿 来 搬 吧 。 不 ， 这 不 忙 的  →
客 人 带 行 李 吗  →

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