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)
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

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 步)

  1. walk
  2. a step

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
歩
ほ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 步 (buH, “step”).

Pronunciation

Counter

歩(ほ) • (-ho) 

  1. steps

Noun

歩(ほ) • (ho) 

  1. a step (as in footstep)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
歩
ふ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

歩(ふ) • (fu) 

  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

Noun

歩(ぶ) • (bu) 

  1. a unit of land measurement

Proper noun

歩(あゆみ) • (Ayumi) 

  1. a female given name

歩(あゆむ) • (Ayumu) 

  1. a unisex given name

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. Rare variant of 步 (to walk/step)
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