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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