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'''Semi-cursive script''' ([[Chinese Language{{zh-tp|Chinese]]: t=行書, [[Pinyin]]: |p=Xíngshū}}, [[Japanese language{{lang-ja|Japanese]]: gyōsho}}, [[Korean language{{lang-ko|Korean]]: haengseo}}) 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.