走

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Radical 156 走

走 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜人 (GYO), four-corner 4080₁, composition ⿱土龰)

1. Kangxi radical #156, ⾛.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №26

• Appendix:Chinese radical/走
• 𬾉, 唗, 徒, 𪭴, 陡, 𦛣, 𥆥, 𧋨, 跿, 𩋀, 鯐, 𭌠, 𠠄, 𢈩, 𰁁

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1215, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37034
• Dae Jaweon: page 1683, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3473, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8D70

Historical forms of the character 走
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 夭 (“young, running man”) + 止 (“foot”) – a running man. The original version is 𧺆.

The top component (夭) is simplified to the unrelated 土. See also the top component of 去 and 赤.

As with 圭, there are two separate vertical strokes, not a single one.

Schuessler (2007) considers this to be part of a large Sino-Tibetan word family, including 搜 (OC *sru, “to move”), 速 (OC *sloːɡ, “quick”), 夙 (OC *suɡ, “morning”), 聳 (OC *sloŋʔ, “to excite”), 蔌 (OC *sloːɡ, “vegetables”), which derive from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-sow (“to arise; to awake”).

走

1. to go; to walk; to go on foot

   走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!

   他走在我的面前。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā zǒu zài wǒ de miànqián.

   He walked before me.

   不要走得那麼快！ [MSC, trad.]
   不要走得那么快！ [MSC, simp.]

   Bù yào zǒu de nàme kuài!

   Don't walk so fast!

   走著去火車站要多久？ [MSC, trad.]
   走着去火车站要多久？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zǒu zhe qù huǒchēzhàn yào duōjiǔ?

   How long does it take to walk to the station?

2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to run; to jog

   未學行，先學走 [Cantonese, trad.]
   未学行，先学走 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mei⁶ hok⁶ haang⁴ ，sin¹ hok⁶ zau²

   (figurative) to learn to run before one can walk

   • c. 3rd century BCE, 韓非 [Han Fei], 韓非子 [Han Feizi]:

     宋人有耕田者，田中有株，兔走，觸株折頸而死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宋人有耕田者，田中有株，兔走，触株折颈而死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Sòng rén yǒu gēngtián zhě, tián zhōng yǒu zhū, tù zǒu, chù zhū zhé jǐng ér sǐ.

     There was a farmer of Song who tilled the land, and in his field was a stump. One day a rabbit, racing across the field, bumped into the stump, broke its neck, and died.

3. (ergative) to leave; to go away

   我要走了。  ―  Wǒ yào zǒu le.  ―  I am going to go. / I am leaving.

   請你把所有垃圾拿走。 [MSC, trad.]
   请你把所有垃圾拿走。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng nǐ bǎ suǒyǒu lājī ná zǒu.

   Please take away all the trash.

   儂啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ⁵sa-zen-kuaon ⁵tseu [Wugniu]

   When are you leaving?

   佢啱啱走咗。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ zau² zo².

   He/she just left.

   走了幾個人。／走了几个人。  ―  Zǒule jǐge rén.  ―  A few people has left.

   走咗架巴士。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   zau² zo² gaa³ baa¹ si^6-2.

   A bus has left.

4. (literary) to run away; to flee

   不戰而走／不战而走  ―  bù zhàn ér zǒu  ―  to flee without putting up a fight

   • c. 4th century BCE, 孟子 [Mencius], 孟子 [Mencius]:

     填然鼓之，兵刃既接，棄甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     填然鼓之，兵刃既接，弃甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Tiánrán gǔ zhī, bīngrèn jì jiē, qìjiǎyèbīng ér zǒu.

     The soldiers move forward to the sound of the drums; and after their weapons have been crossed, on one side they throw away their coats of mail, trail their arms behind them, and run.

5. to reveal; to divulge; to leak
6. to leak; to let out

   煤氣管道走氣了。 [MSC, trad.]
   煤气管道走气了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Méiqì guǎndào zǒuqì le.

   Gas is leaking from the pipe.

7. (of devices) to run; to work

   我的手錶不走了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的手表不走了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de shǒubiǎo bù zǒu le.

   My watch doesn't work.

8. to move; to shift; to transfer

   我的對手走了一步妙棋。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的对手走了一步妙棋。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de duìshǒu zǒu le yī bù miàoqí.

   My opponent made a clever move (chess).

   該你走了。／该你走了。  ―  Gāi nǐ zǒu le.  ―  It's your move.

9. (euphemistic) to pass away; to die

   聽說他是昨天晚上走的，走得很安詳。 [MSC, trad.]
   听说他是昨天晚上走的，走得很安详。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tīngshuō tā shì zuótiān wǎnshàng zǒu de, zǒu dé hěn ānxiáng.

   It is said that he passed away last night peacefully.

10. to change; to lose original shape, flavour, etc.

    鋼琴走調了，音色很難聽。 [MSC, trad.]
    钢琴走调了，音色很难听。 [MSC, simp.]

    Gāngqín zǒu diào le, yīnsè hěn nántīng.

    The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.

11. (Cantonese) to leave out (from a dish); to hold

    走蛋 [Cantonese]  ―  zau² daan^6-2   ―  hold the eggs

    一杯凍檸茶走甜 [Cantonese, trad.]
    一杯冻柠茶走甜 [Cantonese, simp.]

    jat¹ bui¹ dung³ ning^4-2 caa⁴ zau² tim⁴

    a cup of iced lemon tea without sugar

12. to pass through

    我們可以走這邊進去。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们可以走这边进去。 [MSC, simp.]

    Wǒmen kěyǐ zǒu zhèbiān jìnqù.

    We can get in from this side.

13. to visit; to call on

    他們兩家走得很近。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们两家走得很近。 [MSC, simp.]

    Tāmen liǎng jiā zǒu dé hěn jìn.

    The two families often visit each other.

14. a surname: Zou

• (to walk):

• (to run):

• (to leave):

• (to reveal):

• (to move):

• (to die):

• (to call on):