semi-cursive script; running style
A calligraphy style between formal 楷書 (block script) and flowing 草書 (cursive script); widely used in everyday handwriting.
He wrote the letter 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.
楷書 and 行書 are both standard kanji script styles, but 楷書 is written with every stroke separate and non-cursive while 行書 is semi-cursive with strokes flowing into one another.
行書 is a semi-cursive style partway between 楷書 and 草書, and learners often mix it up with 草書 because both look flowing, though 草書 abbreviates strokes far more.
semi-cursive script; running script
From Chinese 行書 (xíngshū), literally 'walking script', referring to a style that moves smoothly between formal and cursive.