步

See also: 歩
步 U+6B65, 步
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B65
← 此
[U+6B64] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 武 →
[U+6B66]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 574, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16264
  • Dae Jaweon: page 964, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1438, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6B65

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 步

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (步) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
荹 *baː, *baːs
步 *baːs
踄 *baːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 止 (“foot”) + 止 (“foot”) – one foot in front of the other.

Pronunciation
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 步
Mandarin Beijing /pu⁵¹/
Harbin /pu⁵³/
Tianjin /pu⁵³/
Jinan /pu²¹/
Qingdao /pu⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pu³¹²/
Xi'an /pu⁴⁴/
Xining /pv̩²¹³/
Yinchuan /pu¹³/
Lanzhou /pu¹³/
Ürümqi /pu²¹³/
Wuhan /pu³⁵/
Chengdu /pu¹³/
Guiyang /pu²¹³/
Kunming /pu²¹²/
Nanjing /pu⁴⁴/
Hefei /pu⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /pu⁴⁵/
Pingyao /pu³⁵/
Hohhot /pu⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /bu²³/
Suzhou /bu³¹/
Hangzhou /bu¹³/
Wenzhou /bøy²²/
Hui Shexian /pʰu²²/
Tunxi /pʰu¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /pu⁵⁵/
/pu¹¹/
Xiangtan /bu²¹/
Gan Nanchang /pʰu²¹/
Hakka Meixian /pʰu⁵³/
Taoyuan /pʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pou²²/
Nanning /pu²²/
Hong Kong /pou²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /pɔ²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /puɔ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /pu⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /pou³¹/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔbu³⁵/
/ʔbɔu²³/
Rime
Character 步
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /buoH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /boH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bɔH/
Li
Rong		 /boH/
Wang
Li		 /buH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bù
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 步
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ buH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mə-bˁa-s/
English step

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 步
Reading # 1/1
No. 1051
Phonetic
component		 步
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 捕
Old
Chinese		 /*baːs/

Definitions

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 Chinese) two steps
  6. step; pace; distance between two feet when walking
    Synonyms: 跬 (kuǐ)
  7. (figuratively) 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​.

Compounds
Derived terms from 步

Japanese

Shinjitai

 歩

Kyūjitai

 步

Kanji
步

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

  1. walk
  2. a step

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

步 (eumhun 걸음 보 (georeum bo))

  1. (to) step

Vietnamese

Han character

步 (bộ, bụa, buạ)

  1. (to) step/walk

Compounds
  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
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