歩

See also: 步

歩 U+6B69, 歩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B69 ← 歨 [U+6B68] CJK Unified Ideographs 歪 → [U+6B6A]

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)

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)

Derived characters

• 渉, 頻

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

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).

Japanese

Shinjitai	歩
Kyūjitai	步

Kanji

歩

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

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); かち (kachi, 歩)
• Nanori: あゆみ (ayumi); すすむ (susumu)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Noun

歩(ほ) • (ho) 

1. a literal (foot)step: walk, walking
2. a figurative step: progress, progression

Affix

歩(ほ) • (ho) 

1. (foot)step, walk
2. advancement, progression

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 歩(ほ)行(こう) (hokō)
• 歩(ほ)調(ちょう) (hochō)
• 歩(ほ)道(どう) (hodō)
• 歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō)
• 闊(かっ)歩(ぽ) (kappo)
• 牛(ぎゅう)歩(ほ) (gyūho)
• 競(きょう)歩(ほ) (kyōho)
• 国(こく)歩(ほ) (kokuho)
• 散(さん)歩(ぽ) (sanpo)
• 初(しょ)歩(ほ) (shoho)
• 譲(じょう)歩(ほ) (jōho)
• 進(しん)歩(ぽ) (shinpo)
• 酔(すい)歩(ほ) (suiho)
• 速(そく)歩(ほ) (sokuho)
• 退(たい)歩(ほ) (taiho)
• 地(ち)歩(ほ) (chiho)
• 徒(と)歩(ほ) (toho)
• 独(どっ)歩(ぽ) (doppo)
• 漫(まん)歩(ぽ) (manpo)
• 遊(ゆう)歩(ほ) (yūho)

Counter

歩(ほ) • (-ho) 

1. steps, footsteps

Derived terms

• 十(じっ)歩(ぽ) (jippo)
• 五(ご)十(じっ)歩(ぽ) (gojippo)
• 百(ひゃっ)歩(ぽ) (hyappo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
歩
ぶ Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟]

Noun

歩(ぶ) • (bu) 

1. a traditional unit of measurement:
   1. for land area, equal to 6 square 尺 (shaku) or 3.306 square metres

      Synonym: 坪 (tsubo)

   2. for length, also equal to 6 尺 (shaku) or approximately 1.8 metres
2. (finance) by extension of 分 (bu, literally “one-tenth”):
   1. a percentage on interest; compare English commission
   2. the lending and borrowing of interest itself

Affix

歩(ぶ) • (bu) 

1. percentage, proportion, ratio

Derived terms

• 歩(ぶ)合(あい) (buai)
• 日(ひ)歩(ぶ) (hibu)

Suffix

歩(ぶ) • (-bu) 

1. in measuring 町 (chō, “block”), 段 (tan, “300 bu/tsubo”), etc., indicates no decimal points added; compare English even, precisely

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
歩
ふ Grade: 2
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Short form or clipping of 歩兵 (fuhyō).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふ [fù] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟]

Noun

歩(ふ) • (fu) 

1. (shogi, colloquial) a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called as the equivalent of the pawn in Western chess

Derived terms

• 二(に)歩(ふ) (nifu)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
歩
あゆ(み) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of 歩み (ayumi), the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あゆむ [àyúmúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠jɯ̟mɯ̟]

Proper noun

歩(あゆみ) • (Ayumi) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
歩
あゆ(む) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あゆむ [àyúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠jɯ̟mɯ̟]

Proper noun

歩(あゆむ) • (Ayumu) 

1. a male or female given name

Korean

Hanja

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

1. Rare form of 步: to walk, step