Chinese Character Wiki
走

zǒu

walk

Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 止 was added later.

Components
夭 iconic component

夭  Iconic component

yāo

  

die young

Depicts a person walking quickly.

止 meaning component

止  Meaning component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Depicts a foot.

Evolution

走 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
走 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
走 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
走 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
走 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

走  

zǒu

walk, go on foot; run; leave; 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[chè​zǒu]); to change (shape, form, meaning)

Most common words with 走
Freq.
Word
Meaning

走

to walk

走向

direction

走势

tendency

走出

to leave (a room etc)

带走

to carry

Component uses

Meaning component in 21 characters (8 verified)

起 越 超 赶 趕 趣 趨 趋 徒 趙 赴 趁 趟 赳 趄 趔 趑 趱 趦 趯 赸

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

陡

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ˤoʔ

tsuwX

zǒu

run


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.5675% of movies

90th most common character in movies

207th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+8D70

Shuowen

“走，趨也。从夭、止，夭止者，屈也。”


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