步

步 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一竹 (YLMH), four-corner 2120₉, composition ⿱止𣥂)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №29

• 踄, 歲, 涉, 陟, 荹, 徏, 捗, 𩷖

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 574, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16264
• Dae Jaweon: page 964, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1438, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6B65

Historical forms of the character 步
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 止 (“foot”) + 止 (“foot”) – one foot in front of the other. Compare: 夅, 舛, other characters deriving from "two feet".

步

1. to walk; to stroll
2. to measure distance by steps
3. to follow; to imitate; to copy
4. to calculate; to reckon
5. (Classical) two steps
6. step; pace; distance between two feet when walking
7. (figurative) step; procedure

   求職的第一步／求职的第一步  ―  qiúzhí de dìyī bù  ―  the first step to finding a job

8. stance; position; situation
9. (military) infantry
10. Classifier for steps.
11. a surname

• (to walk):

• (to follow):

• (step): 步子 (bùzi), 腳步／脚步 (jiǎobù), (archaic) 跬 (kuǐ)

• “步”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02069

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 歩)

1. walk
2. a step

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)
• Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: あるく (aruku, 步く); あゆむ (ayumu, 步む); あゆみ (ayumi, 步み)

• 步(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō, “corridor; platform”)
• 步行(ほこう) (hokō, “travel by foot”)
• 散步(さんぽ) (sanpo, “a walk, to go walking, scatter-steps”)

步 (eumhun 걸음 보 (georeum bo))

1. Hanja form^? of 보 (“step”).

步: Hán Nôm readings: bộ, bụa, buạ

1. (to) step/walk

1. 𠫾步 (đi bộ) to walk on foot, to stroll
2. 步隊 (bộ đội) Soldier, specifically a Communist soldier
3. 步行 (bộ hành) Pedestrian
4. 𧼋步 (chạy bộ) to run, jog