Semi-cursive script

Semi-cursive script

Type	Logographic
Languages	Old Chinese, Middle Chinese, Modern Chinese
Time period	Han Dynasty to present
Parent systems	Oracle bone script Seal script Clerical script Cursive script Semi-cursive script
Child systems	Regular script Zhuyin Simplified Chinese Chu Nom Khitan script Jurchen script Tangut script
Unicode range	4E00–9FFF, 3400–4DBF, 20000–2A6DF, 2A700–2B734, 2F00–2FDF, F900–FAFF

Semi-cursive script

Chinese characters of "Semi-cursive Script" in regular script (left) and semi-cursive script (right).

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

行書

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xíngshū
Wu
Romanization	ghaon^平 sy^平
Hakka
Romanization	hang¹¹ su²⁴
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	hang⁴ syu¹
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	hâng-su

Vietnamese name

Vietnamese alphabet

1. hành thư^[1]
2. chữ hành

Hán-Nôm

1. 行書
2. 𡨸行

Korean name

Hangul

행서

Hanja

行書

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	haengseo

Japanese name

Kanji

行書

Kana

ぎょうしょ

Transcriptions
Romanization	gyōsho

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Semi-cursive script is a cursive style of Chinese characters. Because it is not as abbreviated as cursive, most people who can read regular script can read semi-cursive.

Also referred to in English both as running script and by its Mandarin Chinese name, xíngshū, it is derived from clerical script, and was for a long time after its development in the 1st centuries AD the usual style of handwriting.

Some of the best examples of semi-cursive can be found in the work of Wang Xizhi (321-379) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

References

↑ Thư pháp Trung Hoa

Chinese script and type styles (汉字及其字体风格)

Script styles /
Calligraphy styles

Oracle bone script (甲骨文}
)
Bronze inscriptions (金文)
Clerical script (隶书)
Regular script (楷书)
Semi-cursive script (行书)
Cursive script (草书)

Seal script (篆文)	Large Seal Script (大篆) Small Seal Script (小篆) Bird-worm seal script (鸟虫篆)

Styles for Movable type
and computer fonts

Imitation Song (仿宋体)
Ming (明体)
Sans-serif (黑体)

Writing systems

Overview	History of writing History of the alphabet Graphemes Scripts in Unicode

Lists	Writing systems Languages by writing system / by first written account Undeciphered writing systems Inventors of writing systems

Types	Featural Alphabets Abjads Alphasyllabaries / Abugidas Syllabaries Semi-syllabaries Ideogrammic Pictographic Logographic Numeral

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