ChiramiN4 kanji · 8 strokes
歩 means walk
止 a foot · 少 another foot (old form)
歩Real origin
Two footprints, one ahead of the other: to walk.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- walk
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) あるく aruku
あるく (aruku) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: あゆむ ayumu
From Chinese (onyomi) ホ ho
ホ (ho) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ブ bu, フ fu
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Common word
歩く あるく · aruku
to walk
Built from
- 止 stop, foot
- 小 little
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
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止 Used in 41 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4小 Used in 128 kanji
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What does 歩 mean?
Right: 歩 means walk.Not quite: 歩 means walk.In 歩く, which reading does 歩 use?
Right. 歩く is read あるく (aruku): 歩 takes ある, its Japanese reading, with く after it.Not quite. 歩く is read あるく (aruku): 歩 takes ある, its Japanese reading, with く after it.