歩

See also: 步

Translingual

Glyph origin

Alteration of 步, with 𣥂 replaced by the more common 少.

Han character

歩 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 難卜中一竹 (XYLMH) or 卜中一竹 (YLMH), composition ⿱止少)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 576, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16284
• Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1441, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6B69

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 歩 – see 步 (“to walk; to stroll; to measure distance by steps; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 步).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	歩
Kyūjitai	步

Kanji

歩

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 步)

1. walk
2. a step

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: あるく (aruku, 歩く, Jōyō)、あゆむ (ayumu, 歩む, Jōyō)、あゆみ (ayumi, 歩み)

Compounds

• 歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō, “corridor; platform”)
• 歩(ほ)行(こう) (hokō, “travel by foot”)
• 散(さん)歩(ぽ) (sanpo, “a walk, to go walking, scatter-steps”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
歩
ほ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 步 (bu^H, “step”).

Counter

1. steps

Noun

1. a step (as in footstep)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
歩
ふ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. (shogi) pawn (short for 歩兵 (fuhyō))

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
歩
ぶ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. a unit of land measurement

Etymology 4

Proper noun

1. a female given name

1. a unisex given name

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Korean

Hanja

歩 • (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune–Reischauer po, Yale po)

1. Rare variant of 步 (to walk/step)