Semi-cursive script

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Semi-cursive script


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

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese:

行書

Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin:	Xíngshū

Japanese name

Kanji:

行書

Kana:

ぎょうしょ

Transliterations
- Romaji:	gyōsho

Korean name

Hangul:

행서

Hanja:

行書

Transliterations
- Revised Romanization:	haengseo

Chinese characters
Precursors
Traditional Chinese
Variant characters
Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese (2nd-round)
Traditional/Simplified (debate)
Kanji
Man'yōgana
Hanja
Idu
Hán tự
Chữ Nôm
East Asian calligraphy
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Seal script Clerical script Standard script Semi-cursive script Cursive script
Input methods

Semi-cursive script is a partially cursive style of Chinese calligraphy.

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 first centuries AD the usual style of handwriting.

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

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