Sinograph Addenda · Signs

walk

Namewalk
Readsxíng
Meansto walk, to go; to practice
Taught in06 · Knowing and walking

Where it comes from

A crossroads seen from above — the place where walking happens. From “to walk” the classical language widened it to “to carry out, to practice”: the walked way. Taught in the knowing-and-walking chapter.

How to remember it

Two paths crossing: pick one and walk. What the classics walk, they practice.

In the wild

sān rén xíng"three people walking" — the crossroads under the most companionable saying in the canon
Analects 7.22. urn:nabu:kanripo:KR1h0004:007:26a · license: attribution.