歩

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 X卜中一竹 (XYLMH) or 卜中一竹 (YLMH), composition ⿱止少)

Derived characters

• 渉, 頻

References

• KangXi: 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, 歩, is a variant form of 步.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	歩
Kyūjitai	步

Kanji

歩

(grade 2 “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 Middle Chinese 步 (bu^H, “step”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) ほ​ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Counter

歩(ほ) • (-ho)  (kyūjitai 步)

1. steps

Noun

歩(ほ) • (ho)  (kyūjitai 步)

1. a step (as in footstep)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• Kan’yōyomi
• (Tokyo) ふ [fù] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

歩(ふ) • (fu)  (kyūjitai 步)

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

Etymology 3

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

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

歩(ぶ) • (bu)  (kyūjitai 步)

1. a unit of land measurement

Proper noun

歩(あゆみ) • (Ayumi)  (kyūjitai 步)

1. a female given name

歩(あゆむ) • (Ayumu)  (kyūjitai 步)

1. a unisex given name

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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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)