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|name=Semi-cursive script
|type=[[Logographic]]
|languages=[[Old Chinese]], [[Middle Chinese]], [[Modern language|Chinese]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]]
|time=[[Han dynasty]] to present
| fam1 = [[Oracle bone script]]
| fam3 = [[Clerical script]]
| fam4 = [[Cursive script (East Asia)|Cursive script]]
| children = [[Regular script]]
|children=[[Regular script]]<br>[[Zhuyin]]<br>[[Simplified Chinese]]<br>[[Chu Nom]]<br>[[Khitan small script|Khitan script]]<br>[[Jurchen script]]<br>[[Tangut script]]
| sample=Lanting_P3rd.jpg
| imagesize=200px
|unicode=4E00–9FFF, 3400–4DBF, 20000–2A6DF, 2A700–2B734, 2F00–2FDF, F900–FAFF
|iso15924=
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|float=left
|pic=Semi-Cur Eg.svg
|picsize=100px
|piccap=Traditional characters for "semiSemi-cursive script" written in [[regular script]] (left) and semi-cursive script (right).
|t={{linktext|lang=zh|行書}}
|s={{linktext|lang=zh|行书}}
|l=walking/running script<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |first=ShozoShōzō |last=SatoSatō |author-link=Shōzō Satō |title=Shodo: The quiet art of Japanese Zen calligraphy |dateyear=2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-4-8053805-120431204-9|oclc=1183131287}}</ref>
|p=xíng shūxíngshū
|bpmf={{bpmfsp|ㄒㄧㄥˊ |ㄕㄨ}}
|j=hang4 syu1
|j=hang<sup>4</sup> syu<sup>1</sup>|h=hang<sup>11</sup> su<sup>24</sup>
|h={{tonesup|hang11 su24}}
|poj=hâng-su|wuu=ghaon<sup>平</sup> sy<sup>平</sup> ▼|poj=hâng-su
|kanji={{linktext|lang=ja|行書}}
▲|poj=hâng-su|wuu=ghaon<sup>平</sup> sy<sup>平</sup>
|kanji=行書
|kana=ぎょうしょ
|romaji=gyōsho
|hangul={{linktext|lang=ko|행서}}
|hanja={{linktext|lang=ko|行書}}
|rr=haengseo
|mc={{IPA|/ɦˠæŋ .ɕɨʌ/}}
|qn={{linktext|lang=viubl|hành thư}}<br />{{linktext|lang=vi|chữ hành}}
|hn={{linktext|lang=viubl|行書}}<br />{{linktext|lang=vi|𡨸行}}
}}
'''Semi-cursive script''' ({{zh|s=行书|t=行書|first=t|p=xíngshū}}), also known as '''running hand script''', is a style of [[Chinese calligraphy|calligraphy]] whichthat emerged in [[China]] during the [[Han dynasty]] (3rd century BC – 3rd century AD202{{sBC}}{{snd}}220{{sAD}}). The style is used to write [[Chinese characters]] and is abbreviated slightly where a character's strokes are permitted to be visibly connected as the writer writes, but not to the extent of the [[Cursive script (East Asia)|cursive style]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |access-date=2021-08-14 |title=5 script styles in Chinese Calligraphy |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~xc2282/calligraphy/calligraphy.html |website=www.columbia.edu}}</ref> This makes the style easily readable by readers who can read [[regular script]] and quickly writable by calligraphers who require ideas to be written down quickly.<ref name=":0" /> In order to produce legible work using the semi-cursive style, a series of writing conventions is followed, including the linking of the strokes, simplification and merging strokes, adjustments to stroke order and the distribution of text of the work.<ref name=":1" />
One of the most notable calligraphers who used this style was [[Wang Xizhi]], (303–361). Wang is known for his workthe ''[[Lantingji Xu|]]'' ('Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection]]''), (''Lantingjia Xu''),work producedpublished in AD 353. This workwhich remains highly influential into China,calligraphers asthroughout well as outside of China where calligraphy using Chinese characters are still in practice, such as [[Japan]] andthe [[KoreaSinosphere]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Li |first=Wendan |title=Chinese Writing and Calligraphy |dateyear=2010-05-31 |publisher=University of HawaiiHawaiʻi Press|doi=10.1515/9780824860691 |isbn=978-0-8248824-606986069-1}}</ref> In modern times, semiSemi-cursive script is the most prominent in modern Chinese daily lifesociety despite athe lack of official education offered for it, havinga gainedstatus thisaided status withby the introduction of [[fountain penspen]], and there have been proposals to allow for customizable fonts on computerss.
== History ==
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