步

See also: 歩

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

步 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一竹 (YLMH), four-corner 2120₉, composition ⿱止𣥂)

Derived characters

• 踄, 歲, 涉, 陟, 荹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 574, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16264
• Dae Jaweon: page 964, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1438, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6B65

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		步

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 步
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Characters in the same phonetic series (步) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
荹	*baː, *baːs
步	*baːs
踄	*baːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 止 (“foot”) + 止 (“foot”) – one foot in front of the other.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 步

1. to walk; to stroll
2. to measure distance by steps
3. to follow; to imitate; to copy
4. to calculate; to reckon
5. (Classical) two steps
6. step; pace; distance between two feet when walking
7. (figurative) step; procedure

   求職的第一步／求职的第一步  ―  qiúzhí de dìyī bù  ―  the first step to finding a job

8. stance; position; situation
9. (military) infantry
10. Classifier for steps.
11. a surname

Synonyms

• (to walk):

(deprecated template usage)

• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 徒步 (túbù)
• 步履 (bùlǚ) (literary)
• 步行 (bùxíng)
• 步趨／步趋 (bùqū)
• 步輦／步辇 (Hokkien)
• 行動／行动 (xíngdòng)
• 行步 (xíngbù) (literary)
• 行走 (xíngzǒu)
• 走動／走动 (zǒudòng)
• 走路 (zǒulù)
• 走道 (zǒudào)

 

• (to follow):

(deprecated template usage)

• 尾隨／尾随 (wěisuí)
• 接著／接着 (jiēzhe)
• 跈 (Hakka, literary)
• 跈等 (Hakka)
• 跟從／跟从 (gēncóng)
• 跟綴／跟缀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 跟著／跟着 (gēnzhe)
• 跟隨／跟随 (gēnsuí)
• 追隨／追随 (zhuīsuí)
• 隨／随 (suí)

 

• (step): 步子 (bùzi), 腳步／脚步 (jiǎobù), (archaic) 跬 (kuǐ)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	歩
Kyūjitai	步

Kanji

步

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 歩)

1. walk
2. a step

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)
• Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: あるく (aruku, 步く); あゆむ (ayumu, 步む); あゆみ (ayumi, 步み)

Compounds

• 步(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō, “corridor; platform”)
• 步行(ほこう) (hokō, “travel by foot”)
• 散步(さんぽ) (sanpo, “a walk, to go walking, scatter-steps”)

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Korean

Hanja

步 (eumhun 걸음 보 (georeum bo))

1. Hanja form^? of 보 (“step”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 步 (bộ, bụa, buạ)

1. (to) step/walk

Compounds

1. 𠫾步 (đi bộ) to walk on foot, to stroll
2. 步隊 (bộ đội) Soldier, specifically a Communist soldier
3. 步行 (bộ hành) Pedestrian
4. 𧼋步 (chạy bộ) to run, jog