Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 止 was added later.
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Historical Evolution
走
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
走
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
走
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
走
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
走
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
走
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
走
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
走
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
走
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
走
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
走
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
走
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
走
Regular
Modern
Chinese
走 [zǒu]
to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[chèzǒu]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
Japanese
run; race
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
走 かける
Kakeru female given name
走 そう
Sou surname
走 らん
Ran female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
走向 [zǒuxiàng] #4,647
direction
走势 [zǒushì] #32,879
tendency
走势 [zǒushì] #32,879
tendency
走出 [zǒuchū] #2,795
to leave (a room etc)
带走 [dàizǒu] #1,207
to carry
带走 [dàizǒu] #1,207
to carry
走进 [zǒujìn] #17,138
to enter
走进 [zǒujìn] #17,138
to enter
拿走 [názǒu] #1,352
to take away
走路 [zǒulù] #2,953
to walk
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 走る [はしる] #306
to run
⭐ 超 [ちょう] #1,591
super-
⭐ 暴走 [ぼうそう] #3,350
acting rashly
⭐ 走り出す [はしりだす] #3,555
to begin to run
⭐ 逃走 [とうそう] #5,807
flight
走り去る [はしりさる] #6,230
to run away
⭐ 走り回る [はしりまわる] #6,343
to run around
小走り [こばしり] #6,525
trot
⭐ 口走る [くちばしる] #6,956
to blurt out
走り抜ける [はしりぬける] #9,706
to run through
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