Radical 144

For the three stroke "go" radical 夂, see Radical 34.

行
Radical 144 (U+2F8F)
行 (U+884C) "go, do"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	xíng, háng
Bopomofo:	ㄒㄧㄥˋ, ㄏㄤˊ
Wade–Giles:	hsing2
Cantonese Yale:	haang4, hang4, hang6, hong4
Jyutping:	haang4, hang4, hang6, hong4
Japanese Kana:	コウ kō / アン an (on'yomi) ゆ-く yu-ku / おこな-う okona-u (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	행 haeng
Names
Japanese name(s):	行構/ぎょうがまえ/ゆきがまえ gyōgamae/yukigamae
Hangul:	다닐 danil 행실 haengsil
Stroke order animation
File:行-order.gif

Radical 144 or radical walk enclosure (行部) meaning "go" or "do" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 53 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

行 is not used as an indexing component (radical) in Simplified Chinese. Characters with this radical are classified under radical 彳 (No. 60 in the Kangxi Dictionary; No. 41 in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components) in Simplified Chinese.

Evolution

• Oracle bone script character
  Oracle bone script character
• Bronze script character
  Bronze script character
• Large seal script character
  Large seal script character
• Small seal script character
  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	行
+3	衍 衎
+4	衏
+5	衐 衑 衒 術 衔SC (=銜 -> 金)
+6	衕 衖 街 衘 (=銜 -> 金)
+7	衙
+9	衚 衛 衜 衝
+10	衞HK (=衛) 衟 (=道 -> 辵) 衠 衡
+18	衢

Further information: wikt:Appendix:Chinese radical/行

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a second grade kanji.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+884C