歩

See also: 步
歩 U+6B69, 歩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B69
← 歨
[U+6B68] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 歪 →
[U+6B6A]

Translingual

Glyph origin

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

Han character

歩 (radical 77 止+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input X卜中一竹 (XYLMH) or 卜中一竹 (YLMH), composition ⿱止少)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 576, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16284
  • Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1441, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6B69

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 歩 – see 步 (“to walk; to stroll; to measure distance by steps; etc.”).
(This character, 歩, is a variant form of 步.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 歩

Kyūjitai

 步

Kanji

歩

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

  1. walk
  2. a step

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

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

From Middle Chinese 歩 (buH, “step”).

Pronunciation

Counter

歩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 步, hiragana ほ, rōmaji -ho)

  1. steps

Noun

歩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 步, hiragana ほ, rōmaji ho)

  1. a step (as in footstep)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

歩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 步, hiragana ふ, rōmaji fu)

  1. (shogi) pawn (short for 歩兵 (fuhyō))

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Noun

歩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 步, hiragana ぶ, rōmaji bu)

  1. a unit of land measurement

Proper noun

歩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 步, hiragana あゆみ, rōmaji Ayumi)

  1. A female given name

歩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 步, hiragana あゆむ, rōmaji Ayumu)

  1. A unisex given name

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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