Translingual

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)

1. step

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

Japanese

Kanji

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

1. walk
2. a step

Readings

• Goon: ぶ (bu)
• Kan’on: ほ (ho)
• Kan’yōon: ふ (fu)
• Kun: あるく (歩く, aruku), あゆむ (歩む, ayumu), あゆみ (歩み, ayumi)

Compounds

• 歩 (ある)く ‎(aruku, “walk”)
• 歩廊 (ほろう) ‎(horō, “corridor; platform”)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 歩 ‎(bu^H, “step”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) ほ​ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Counter

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

1. steps

Noun

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

1. a step (as in footstep)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kan'yōyomi
• (Tokyo) ふ [fù] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯᵝ]

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bɯᵝ]

Noun

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

1. a unit of land measurement

Proper noun

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

1. A female given name

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

1. A unisex given name

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

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

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