歩 (aruku) Kanji Meaning: "Walk" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N472 of 1668 strokes

Drawing: One foot, then the other: walk.

歩 means walk

One foot, then the other: walk.

On'yomi

  • ホho
  • ブbu
  • フfu

Kun'yomi

  • ある(く)aruku
  • あゆ(む)ayumu

How it's built

  • 止stop
  • 少few

Common words

  • 歩ほstep; stride
  • 歩くあるくto walk
  • 歩道ほどうfootpath; walkway
  • 歩むあゆむto walk; to go on foot

Through history

  1. Bronze script form of 步Bronze
  2. Today
Written 步 before Japan's postwar reform.

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