a row; a line (行列); one's profession; a trade (同行); a firm; an establishment (银行); seniority among siblings (排行)
行 read háng is a row or a trade, like a bank; read xíng it walks, works, and says all right.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级, 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC marks 会意 without naming pieces; the paired step pieces are shown as bound forms.
WHOLE CHARACTER
a row; a line (行列); one's profession; a trade (同行); a firm; an establishment (银行); seniority among siblings (排行)
行 read háng is a row or a trade, like a bank; read xíng it walks, works, and says all right.
ZDIC marks 会意 without naming pieces; the paired step pieces are shown as bound forms.
LEFT STEP PIECE (彳)
a small step (the left-step radical form)
The left half of 行; a bound form, not a standalone page.
In 行: left step piece (彳) A bound piece tied to walking in classic accounts; not a learner word.
RIGHT STEP PIECE (亍)
a short step (archaic)
The right half of 行; a bound form shown as a written piece; not a standalone page.
In 行: right step piece (亍) The paired right piece; a dictionary graph, not a learner word.
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