歩

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See also: 步
歩 U+6B69, 歩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B69
← 歨
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 歪 →

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)
8 strokes

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

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
歩
ほ
Grade: 2
kan'on
Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

Pronunciation

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

Counter

歩(ほ) • (-ho) 

  1. steps, footsteps
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
歩
ぶ
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

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

Proper noun

歩(あゆむ) • (Ayumu) 

  1. a male or female given name

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. Rare form of 步: to walk, step
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