Semi-cursive script
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Semi-cursive script | |
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Script type | |
Time period | Han Dynasty to present |
Languages | Old Chinese, Middle Chinese, Modern Chinese |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Oracle bone script
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Child systems | Regular script Zhuyin Simplified Chinese Chu Nom Khitan script Jurchen script Tangut script |
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4E00–9FFF, 3400–4DBF, 20000–2A6DF, 2A700–2B734, 2F00–2FDF, F900–FAFF | |
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![]() Chinese characters of "Semi-cursive Script" in regular script (left) and semi-cursive script (right). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 行書 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 行书 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnamese alphabet | 1. hành thư 2. chữ hành | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hán-Nôm | 1. 行書 2. 𡨸行 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 행서 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 行書 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kanji | 行書 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kana | ぎょうしょ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semi-cursive script (simplified Chinese: 行书; traditional Chinese: 行書; pinyin: xíngshū) is a cursive style of Chinese characters. Because it is not as abbreviated as cursive script, most people who can read regular script can read semi-cursive. It is highly useful and also artistic.[citation needed]
Also referred to in English both as running script[1] 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
- ^ Gao, James Z. (2009), Historical Dictionary of Modern China (1800–1949), Scarecrow Press, p. 41.
External links
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