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semi-cursive script; running script
One of the five major styles of Chinese/Japanese calligraphy. A flowing style between the rigid block script and the highly abbreviated cursive script, commonly used in everyday handwriting.
行書で名前を書く。
To write one's name in semi-cursive script.
行書は楷書より速く書ける。
Semi-cursive script can be written faster than block script.
書道教室で楷書の次に行書を習った。
In calligraphy class, I learned semi-cursive script after block script.
Composed of 行 (go, move, flow) + 書 (writing, script). One of the five traditional script styles (五体): 篆書 (seal script), 隷書 (clerical script), 楷書 (block/regular script), 行書 (semi-cursive), and 草書 (cursive). 行書 is considered the most practical for everyday use — it simplifies strokes of 楷書 while remaining readable, unlike the highly abbreviated 草書. Japanese handwriting naturally tends toward 行書 when writing quickly.