走

See also: 赱

走	U+8D70, 走 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D70

← 赯
[U+8D6F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

赱 →
[U+8D71]

⾛	U+2F9B, ⾛ KANGXI RADICAL RUN

← ⾚
[U+2F9A]

Kangxi Radicals

⾜ →
[U+2F9C]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han characterEdit

See images of
Radical 156 走

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

Kangxi radical #156, ⾛.
Shuōwén Jiězì radical №26

Derived charactersEdit

Index:Chinese radical/走

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		走
alternative forms		赱

Glyph originEdit

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): 夭 (“young, running man”) + 止 (“foot”) – a running man. The top component (夭) simplified to the unrelated 土.

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

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zǒu (zou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ

(Chengdu, SP): zou³

(Dungan, Cyrillic): зу (zu, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zau²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): deu²
Gan (Wiktionary): zeu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chéu

(Meixian, Guangdong): zêu³
Jin (Wiktionary): zou²
Min Bei (KCR): cě
Min Dong (BUC): cāu / cēu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): cháu / chó͘ / chó

(Teochew, Peng'im): zao²
Wu (Wiktionary): tseu (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): zou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zou³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səu⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: зу (zu, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau²
  - Yale: jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: deu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /teu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zeu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛu²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeu³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zêu³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡seu³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zou²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səu⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cāu / cēu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau³³/, /t͡sɛu³³/

Note:

cāu - vernacular;
cēu - literary.

Min Nan

(Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu
- Tâi-lô: tsáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zao
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saʊ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡saʊ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʊ⁵⁵⁴/
(Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
- Tâi-lô: tsóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: zor
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹/
(Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó
- Tâi-lô: tsó
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

cháu - vernacular;
chó͘/chó - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zao²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsáu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁵²/

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tseu (T2)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɜ³⁴/

Xiang

(Changsha)
- Wiktionary: zou³
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səu⁴¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 走
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sou²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡sou²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sou¹³/
	Jinan	/t͡sou⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/t͡sou⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sou⁵³/
	Xi'an	/t͡sou⁵³/
	Xining	/t͡sɯ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡səu⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sou⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sɤu⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡səu⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡səu⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡səu⁴²/
	Kunming	/t͡səu⁵³/
	Nanjing	/t͡səɯ²¹²/
	Hefei	/t͡sɯ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡səu⁵³/
	Pingyao	/t͡səu⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡səu⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sɤ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡søʏ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sei⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sau³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡so³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sə³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡səu⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡səɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɛu²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡seu³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡seu³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sɐu³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sɐu³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sɐu³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sɔ⁵³/ /t͡sau⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sau³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡se²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sau⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tau²¹³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡səu^X/, /t͡səu^H/

Rime
Character	走	走
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	子苟切	則候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səw^X/	/t͡səw^H/
Li Rong	/t͡su^X/	/t͡su^H/
Wang Li	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sə̯u^X/	/t͡sə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǒu	zòu

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤoʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːʔ/, /*ʔsoːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	走
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁoʔ/
English	run
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	走	走
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17906	17907
Phonetic component	走	走
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	走	奏
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːʔ/	/*ʔsoːs/

DefinitionsEdit

走

to go; to walk; to go on foot
走吧！ ― Zǒu ba! ― Let's go!

他走在我的面前。 ― Tā zǒu zài wǒ de miànqián. ― He walked before me.

不要走得那麼快！ / 不要走得那么快！ ― 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? [Pinyin]
How long does it take to walk to the station?
(literary or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to run; to jog
to leave; to go away
我要走了。 ― Wǒ yào zǒu le. ― I am going to go. / I am leaving.

儂啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
侬啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
When are you leaving?

佢啱啱走咗。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― keoi⁵ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ zau² zo². [Jyutping] ― He/she just left.
to leak; to let out
煤氣管道走氣了。 / 煤气管道走气了。 ― Méiqì guǎndào zǒu qì le. ― Gas is leaking from the pipe.
(of devices) to run; to work
我的手錶不走了。 / 我的手表不走了。 ― Wǒ de shǒubiǎo bù zǒu le. ― My watch doesn't work.
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. [Pinyin]
The two families often visit each other.
to make a move
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 miào qí. [Pinyin]
My opponent made a clever move (chess).

該你走了。 / 该你走了。 ― Gāi nǐ zǒu le. ― It's your move.
(euphemistic) to pass away; to die
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. [Pinyin]
The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.
(Cantonese) to leave out (from a dish); to hold
走蛋 [Cantonese] ― zau² daan^6-2 [Jyutping] ― 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 [Jyutping]
a cup of iced lemon tea without sugar
from; 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. [Pinyin]
We can get in from this side.
A surname.

SynonymsEdit

Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to walk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		行, 步
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走
Mandarin	Beijing	走
	Taiwan	走
	Harbin	走
	Jinan	走
	Muping	走
	Wanrong	走
	Xi'an	走
	Xining	走
	Xuzhou	跑
	Yinchuan	走
	Ürümqi	走
	Wuhan	走
	Chengdu	走
	Guiyang	走
	Guilin	走
	Liuzhou	走
	Yangzhou	走
	Nanjing	走
	Hefei	走
	Malaysia	走
	Singapore	走
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	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
	Panyu	行
	Huadu (Huashan)	行
	Conghua	行
	Zengcheng	行
	Foshan	行
	Nanhai (Shatou)	行
	Shunde	行
	Sanshui	行
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	行
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	行
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	行
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	行
	Doumen	行
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	行
	Xinhui	行
	Taishan	行
	Kaiping (Chikan)	行
	Enping (Niujiang)	行
	Heshan (Yayao)	行
	Dongguan	行
	Bao'an (Shajing)	行
	Qingyuan	行
	Fogang	行
	Yingde (Hanguang)	行
	Yangshan	行
	Lianshan (Butian)	去, 行
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	走
	Shaoguan	行
	Qujiang	行
	Renhua	行
	Lechang	行
	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
	Kuala Lumpur	行
	Singapore	行
Gan	Nanchang	走
Gan	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
	Qujiang	行
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	行
	Liannan	行
	Conghua (Lütian)	行
	Jiexi	行
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	行
	Changting	行
	Pingyu	行
	Wuping	行
	Wuping (Yanqian)	行
	Liancheng	行
	Ninghua	行
	Yudu	走, 行
	Ningdu	走
	Ruijin	行
	Shicheng	行
	Shangyou	走
	Tonggu (Sandu)	走
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	走
	Dayu	走
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	行
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	行
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	行
	Dongshi (Dabu)	行
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	行
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	行
	Hong Kong	行
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	行
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	行
	Xinyi (Sihe)	行
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	行
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	走
	Dianbai (Shalang)	走
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	行
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	行
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	行
	Mengshan (Xihe)	行
	Luchuan	走
	Senai	行
Huizhou	Jixi	行
Jin	Taiyuan	走
Jin	Xinzhou	走
Min Bei	Jian'ou	行
	Songxi	行
	Zhenghe	行
	Jianyang	行
	Wuyishan	行
Min Dong	Fuzhou	行
	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
Min Nan	Xiamen	行
	Tong'an	行
	Quanzhou	行
	Jinjiang	行
	Nan'an	行
	Shishi	行
	Hui'an	行
	Anxi	行
	Yongchun	行
	Dehua	行
	Zhangzhou	行
	Longhai	行
	Changtai	行
	Hua'an	行
	Nanjing	行
	Pinghe	行
	Zhangpu	行
	Yunxiao	行
	Zhao'an	行
	Dongshan	行
	Taipei	行
	Kaohsiung	行
	Tainan	行
	Sanxia	行
	Kinmen	行
	Magong	行
	Penang (Hokkien)	行
	Singapore (Hokkien)	行
	Manila (Hokkien)	行
	Longyan	行
	Zhangping	行
	Datian	行
	Chaozhou	行
	Shantou	行
	Chenghai	行
	Jieyang	行
	Haifeng	行
	Bangkok (Teochew)	行
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	行
	Singapore (Teochew)	行
	Leizhou	行
	Wenchang	行
	Haikou	行
	Singapore (Hainanese)	行
Puxian Min	Putian	行
Puxian Min	Xianyou	行
Min Zhong	Yong'an	行
	Sanyuan	行
	Shaxian	行
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	行
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	行
Shehua	Fu'an	行
	Fuding	行
	Luoyuan	行
	Sanming	行
	Shunchang	行
	Hua'an	行
	Guixi	行
	Cangnan	行
	Jingning	行
	Lishui	行
	Longyou	行
	Chaozhou	行
	Fengshun	行
Wu	Shanghai	走, 跑
	Chongming	跑
	Suzhou	走, 跑
	Danyang	行
	Hangzhou	走, 跑
	Ningbo	走, 行
	Wenzhou	走, 行
	Jinhua	走
Xiang	Changsha	走
Xiang	Shuangfeng	行

Dialectal synonyms of 跑 (“to run”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		走
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跑, 跑步
Mandarin	Beijing	跑
	Taiwan	跑
	Harbin	跑
	Jinan	跑
	Muping	跑
	Wanrong	跑
	Xi'an	跑
	Xining	跑
	Yinchuan	跑
	Ürümqi	跑
	Wuhan	跑
	Chengdu	跑
	Guiyang	跑
	Guilin	跑
	Liuzhou	跑
	Yangzhou	跑, 奔
	Hefei	跑
	Malaysia	跑
	Singapore	跑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走
	Hong Kong	走, 跑
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	走
	Macau	走, 跑
	Panyu	走
	Huadu (Huashan)	走
	Conghua	走
	Zengcheng	走
	Foshan	走
	Nanhai (Shatou)	趯起
	Shunde	走
	Sanshui	走
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	跑
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	走
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	走
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	走
	Doumen	走
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	走
	Xinhui	走
	Taishan	走
	Kaiping (Chikan)	走
	Enping (Niujiang)	走
	Heshan (Yayao)	跑
	Dongguan	走
	Bao'an (Shajing)	走
	Qingyuan	跑
	Danzhou	走
	Kuala Lumpur	走, 跑
	Singapore	走
Gan	Nanchang	跑
Hakka	Meixian	䞰, 走
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	飆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	走
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	走
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	走
	Conghua (Lütian)	跑步
	Yudu	跑
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	走
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	走
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	走
	Dongshi (Dabu)	走
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	走
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	走
	Senai	飆
Jin	Taiyuan	跑
Jin	Xinzhou	跑
Min Bei	Jian'ou	走
Min Dong	Fuzhou	䟛
	Changle	䟛
	Lianjiang	䟛
	Fuqing	䟛
	Yongtai	䟛
	Gutian	走
	Pingnan	走
	Luoyuan	䟛
	Fu'an	走
	Ningde	走
	Xiapu	䟛
	Zherong	跳
	Shouning	跳
	Zhouning	走
	Fuding	跳
	Matsu	䟛
Min Nan	Xiamen	走
	Quanzhou	走
	Zhangzhou	走
	Taipei	走
	Kaohsiung	走
	Tainan	走
	Kinmen	走
	Magong	走
	Penang (Hokkien)	走
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	走
	Chaozhou	走
	Shantou	走
	Jieyang	走
	Haifeng	走
	Bangkok (Teochew)	走
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
	Leizhou	走
	Wenchang	走
	Haikou	走
	Singapore (Hainanese)	走
Puxian Min	Putian	走
Puxian Min	Xianyou	走
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	跑
Wu	Shanghai	奔, 跑
	Suzhou	奔, 跑
	Hangzhou	跑
	Ningbo	奔
	Wenzhou	射
Xiang	Changsha	跑, 打飛腳
Xiang	Shuangfeng	打飛腳, 跑