Radical 144

行
143 ⾎ ◄	144	► ⾐ 145
Pinyin :	xíng also háng or xìng
Zhuyin :	ㄒ ㄧ ㄥ ˊ or ㄏ ㄤ ˊ
Hiragana :	ぎ ょ う gyō
Kanji :	行 構 gyōgamae (= radical walking )
Hangul :	다닐
Sinocorean :	행 heng
Codepoint :	U + 884C
Stroke sequence :

Radical 144 meaning “ go , journey ” is one of the 29 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with six strokes.

With 14 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are relatively few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

See radical 60彳 = step; Radical 7二 with radical 6亅 (or radical 1一 and 丁) results in the right part 亍 = tripple.

One step forward with the left foot, a second with the right - this indicates the sign as it is now in use. It consists of two parts placed side by side, 彳 and 亍 ; for character combinations, the additional lines are always placed between these two parts. The original pictogram shows a street crossing , hence the double meaning: once "walk" - the steps on intersecting streets -, then the "shop", the "trade" - the place where goods are bought and sold.

Character combinations ruled by radical 144

"老 街" on the Shenzhen Metro

Japanese road sign with 街

Strokes	character
+ 00	行
+ 03	衍 衎
+ 04	衏
+ 05	衐 衑 術 衔
+ 06	衕 衖 街 衘
+ 07	衙
+ 09	衚 衜 衝
+10	衛 衞 衟 衠 衡
+18	衢

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , the radical 144 is coded under the code point number 12.175 (U + 2F8F).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 60 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 149 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 144  - Graphic representations of Radikal 144

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 144 on page 34