(háng)

profession/business firm/row

How 行 is written

Strokes
6
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

行 has 3 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

háng
a row; series; age order (of brothers); profession
xíng
to walk; to go; to travel; a visit
xìng
behavior; conduct

Common words using 行

排行 páiháng
to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
旅行 lǚxíng
to travel; journey; trip
流行 liúxíng
to spread; to rage (of contagious disease); popular
行動 xíngdòng
operation; action; to move
行走 xíngzǒu
to walk
進行 jìnxíng
to advance; to conduct; underway
銀行 yínháng
bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
一行 yīxíng
party; delegation
上行 shàngxíng
up train (i.e. towards the capital)
下行 xiàxíng
down train (i.e. away from the capital)
中行 zhōngháng
abbr. for 中國銀行|中国银行[Zhong1 guo2 Yin2 hang2] Bank of China, BOC
例行 lìxíng
routine

行 in a sentence

他在銀行工作。

Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò.

“He works at a bank.”

How common is 行?

行 is the 53rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 31.3% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 行

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