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See also: 歩
步 U+6B65, 步
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B65
← 此
[U+6B64] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 武 →
[U+6B66]

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes

Han character

步 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一竹 (YLMH), four-corner 21209, composition ⿱止𣥂)

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №29

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 574, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16264
  • Dae Jaweon: page 964, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1438, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6B65

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 步
alternative forms
歨
𣥕
歩
𡵯
𰰦
歨
𣥕
歩
𡵯
𰰦
𣥗
𣥶
𩣝
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 步
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions
Characters in the same phonetic series (步) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
荹 *baː, *baːs
步 *baːs
踄 *baːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 止 (“foot”) + 止 (“foot”) reversed – one foot in front of the other. Compare: 夅, 舛, other characters deriving from "two feet". See also the inner component of 歲. Unrelated to 少.

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 步
Mandarin Beijing /pu⁵¹/
Harbin /pu⁵³/
Tianjin /pu⁵³/
Jinan /pu²¹/
Qingdao /pu⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pu³¹²/
Xi'an /pu⁴⁴/
Xining /pv̩²¹³/
Yinchuan /pu¹³/
Lanzhou /pu¹³/
Ürümqi /pu²¹³/
Wuhan /pu³⁵/
Chengdu /pu¹³/
Guiyang /pu²¹³/
Kunming /pu²¹²/
Nanjing /pu⁴⁴/
Hefei /pu⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /pu⁴⁵/
Pingyao /pu³⁵/
Hohhot /pu⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /bu²³/
Suzhou /bu³¹/
Hangzhou /bu¹³/
Wenzhou /bøy²²/
Hui Shexian /pʰu²²/
Tunxi /pʰu¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /pu⁵⁵/
/pu¹¹/
Xiangtan /bu²¹/
Gan Nanchang /pʰu²¹/
Hakka Meixian /pʰu⁵³/
Taoyuan /pʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pou²²/
Nanning /pu²²/
Hong Kong /pou²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /pɔ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /puɔ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /pu⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /pou³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔbu³⁵/
/ʔbɔu²³/
Rime
Character 步
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄故切
Baxter buH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buoH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buoH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/boH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bɔH/
Li
Rong 		/boH/
Wang
Li 		/buH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 步
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ buH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mə-bˁa-s/
English step

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 步
Reading # 1/1
No. 1051
Phonetic
component 		步
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		捕
Old
Chinese 		/*baːs/

Definitions

步

  1. to walk; to stroll
  2. to measure distance by steps
  3. to follow; to imitate; to copy
  4. to calculate; to reckon
  5. (Classical) two steps
  6. step; pace; distance between two feet when walking
  7. (figurative) step; procedure
    求職的第一步／求职的第一步  ―  qiúzhí de dìyī bù  ―  the first step to finding a job
  8. stance; position; situation
  9. (military) infantry
  10. Classifier for steps.
  11. a surname

Synonyms

  • (to walk):
Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to walk”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 行, 步
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 走, 行走
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 走
Taiwan 走
Harbin 走
Malaysia 走
Singapore 走
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 走
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 走
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 走
Xi'an 走
Xining 走
Xuzhou 跑
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 走
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 走
Ürümqi 走
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 走
Wuhan 走
Guiyang 走
Guilin 走
Liuzhou 走
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 走
Yangzhou 走
Hefei 走
Cantonese Guangzhou 行
Hong Kong 行
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 行
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 行
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 行
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 行
Macau 行
Guangzhou (Panyu) 行
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 行
Guangzhou (Conghua) 行
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 行
Foshan 行
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 行
Foshan (Shunde) 行
Foshan (Sanshui) 行
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 行
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 行
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 行
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 行
Zhuhai (Doumen) 行
Jiangmen (Baisha) 行
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 行
Taishan 行
Kaiping (Chikan) 行
Enping (Niujiang) 行
Heshan (Yayao) 行
Dongguan 行
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 行
Qingyuan 行
Fogang 行
Yingde (Hanguang) 行
Yangshan 行
Lianshan (Butian) 去, 行
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 走
Shaoguan 行
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 行
Renhua 行
Lechang 行
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 行
Sihui 行
Guangning 行
Deqing 行
Huaiji 行
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 行
Yunfu 行
Xinxing 行
Luoding 行
Yunan (Pingtai) 行
Yangjiang 行
Xinyi 行
Maoming (Xinpo) 行
Lianjiang 行
Nanning 行
Hepu (Lianzhou) 行
Hepu (Shatian) 行
Beihai 行
Beihai (Nankang) 行
Beihai (Yingpan) 行
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 行
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 行
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 行
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 行
Singapore (Guangfu) 行
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 行
Móng Cái 行
Gan Nanchang 走
Pingxiang 走
Hakka Meixian 行
Xingning 行
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 行
Huiyang 行
Huidong (Daling) 行
Dongguan (Qingxi) 行
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 行
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 行
Wuhua (Huacheng) 行
Heyuan (Bendihua) 行
Wengyuan 行
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 行
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 行
Liannan 行
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 行
Jiexi 行
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 行
Changting 行
Wuping 行
Wuping (Yanqian) 行
Wuping (Pingyu) 行
Liancheng 行
Ninghua 行
Yudu 走, 行
Ningdu 走
Ruijin 行
Shicheng 行
Shangyou (Shexi) 走
Tonggu (Sandu) 走
Ganzhou (Panlong) 走
Dayu 走
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 行
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 行
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 行
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 行
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 行
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 行
Hong Kong 行
Yangxi (Tangkou) 行
Yangchun (Sanjia) 行
Xinyi (Sihe) 行
Xinyi (Qianpai) 行
Gaozhou (Xindong) 走
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 走
Huazhou (Xin'an) 行
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 行
Lianjiang (Qingping) 行
Mengshan (Xihe) 行
Luchuan 走
Senai (Huiyang) 行
Kuching (Hepo) 行
Huizhou Jixi 行
Jin Taiyuan 走
Xinzhou 走
Northern Min Jian'ou 行
Songxi 行
Zhenghe 行
Jianyang 行
Wuyishan 行
Eastern Min Fuzhou 行
Fuzhou (Changle) 行
Lianjiang 行
Fuqing 行
Pingtan 行
Yongtai 行
Minqing 行
Gutian 行
Pingnan 行
Luoyuan 行
Fu'an 行
Ningde 行
Xiapu 行
Zherong 行
Shouning 走, 行
Zhouning 行
Fuding 走
Matsu 行
Singapore (Fuqing) 行
Southern Min Xiamen 行
Xiamen (Tong'an) 行
Quanzhou 行
Jinjiang 行
Nan'an 行
Shishi 行
Hui'an 行
Anxi 行
Yongchun 行
Dehua 行
Zhangzhou 行
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 行
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 行
Hua'an 行
Nanjing 行
Pinghe 行
Zhangpu 行
Yunxiao 行
Zhao'an 行
Dongshan 行
Taipei 行
New Taipei (Sanxia) 行
Kaohsiung 行
Tainan 行
Kinmen 行
Penghu (Magong) 行
Penang (Hokkien) 行
Singapore (Hokkien) 行
Manila (Hokkien) 行
Longyan 行
Zhangping 行
Datian 行
Chaozhou 行
Raoping 行
Shantou 行
Shantou (Chenghai) 行
Jieyang 行
Haifeng 行
Bangkok (Teochew) 行
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 行
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 行
Singapore (Teochew) 行
Pontianak (Teochew) 行
Leizhou 行
Wenchang 行
Haikou 行
Singapore (Hainanese) 行
Puxian Min Putian 行
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 行
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 行
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 行
Xianyou 行
Xianyou (Fengting) 行
Xianyou (Youyang) 行
Central Min Yong'an 行
Sanming (Sanyuan) 行
Sanming (Shaxian) 行
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) 行
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 行, 走
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 行
Shehua Fu'an 行
Fuding 行
Luoyuan 行
Sanming 行
Shunchang 行
Hua'an 行
Guixi (Zhangping) 行
Cangnan 行
Jingning (Hexi) 行
Lishui 行
Longyou 行
Chaozhou 行
Fengshun 行
Wu Shanghai 走, 跑
Shanghai (Chongming) 跑
Suzhou 走, 跑
Danyang 行
Hangzhou 走, 跑
Ningbo 走, 行 dated
Wenzhou 走, 行
Jinhua 走, 蹩
Xiang Changsha 走
Shuangfeng 行
  • (to follow):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

歩

Kyūjitai

步

Kanji

步

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 歩)

  1. walk
  2. a step

Readings

  • Go-on: ぶ (bu)
  • Kan-on: ほ (ho)
  • Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu)
  • Kun: あるく (aruku, 步く)、あゆむ (ayumu, 步む)、あゆみ (ayumi, 步み)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

步 (eumhun 걸음 보 (georeum bo))

  1. hanja form? of 보 (“step”)

Vietnamese

Han character

步: Hán Nôm readings: bộ, bụa, buạ

  1. (to) step/walk

Compounds

  1. 𠫾步 (đi bộ) to walk on foot, to stroll
  2. 步隊 (bộ đội) Soldier, specifically a Communist soldier
  3. 步行 (bộ hành) Pedestrian
  4. 𧼋步 (chạy bộ) to run, jog
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