行 (háng)
profession/business firm/row
How 行 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Traditional
- 行
- Simplified
- 行 (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.
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