歩

See also: 步

歩	U+6B69, 歩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B69

← 歨
[U+6B68]

CJK Unified Ideographs

歪 →
[U+6B6A]

Translingual edit

Stroke order (Japan)

Glyph origin edit

Alteration of 步, with 𣥂 replaced by the more common 少.

Han character edit

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 edit

渉, 頻

References edit

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 edit

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 edit

Shinjitai	歩
Kyūjitai	步

Kanji edit

歩

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

walk
a step

Readings edit

Go-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō ^†)
Kun: あるく (aruku, 歩く, Jōyō); あゆむ (ayumu, 歩む, Jōyō); あゆみ (ayumi, 歩み)

Compounds edit

歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō, “corridor; platform”)
歩(ほ)行(こう) (hokō, “travel by foot”)
散(さん)歩(ぽ) (sanpo, “a walk, to go walking, scatter-steps”)

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
歩
ほ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 步 (bu^H, “step”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ほ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Counter edit

歩(ほ) • (-ho)

steps

Noun edit

歩(ほ) • (ho)

a step (as in footstep)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
歩
ふ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ふ [fù] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

歩(ふ) • (fu)

(shogi) pawn (short for 歩兵 (fuhyō))

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
歩
ぶ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
步 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

歩(ぶ) • (bu)

a unit of land measurement

Etymology 4 edit

Proper noun edit

歩(あゆみ) • (Ayumi)

a female given name

歩(あゆむ) • (Ayumu)

a unisex given name

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

Rare variant of 步 (to walk/step)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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