The Chinese Radical: 行




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Meaning
walk    行

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
road, street
jiē
Outside: to go 行, center: 圭 heap of soil 土 (= 2x earth)
I am going on elevated/piled earth: on a road.  
HSK 3
to go, walk, travel, row/series, professional
háng, xíng, hàng
Left: walking 彳, right: also walking, but slightly turned
Walking twice in rows.  
HSK 5
to weigh, weight, measure
héng
Outside: go 行, center: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down)
Put the fish: the big one, on the scales to weigh.  
HSK 6
hold in the mouth, harbor (feelings), title
xián
Outside: to go 行, inside: metal 钅/金
(developed from a snaffle and bridle) When [the horse] is going, it holds this metal in the mouth.  
HSK 6
to overflow, to amplify, to spread out, to develop
yǎn
Outside: to walk 行, middle: water 氵
The water "goes" when it is overflowing.  
no HSK
Yamen 衙门 (office in feudal China)

Outside: to go 行, inside: I, my, we 吾
I need to go to the Yamen.  

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