# 歩

| 歩 | U+6B69, &#27497; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B69 |
| ← 歨 [U+6B68] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 歪 → [U+6B6A] |

## Translingual
### Glyph origin

Alteration of 步, with 𣥂 replaced by the more common 少.

### Han character

歩 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 難卜中一竹 (XYLMH) or 卜中一竹 (YLMH), composition ⿱止少)

#### Derived characters

* 渉, 捗, 頻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 576, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16284
* Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1441, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6B69

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 歩 – see 步 (“to walk; to stroll; to measure distance by steps; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 步).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 歩 |
| Kyūjitai | 步 |

### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 步)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kun: あるく (aruku, 歩く, Jōyō)、あゆむ (ayumu, 歩む, Jōyō)、かち (kachi, 歩)
* Nanori: あゆみ (ayumi)、すすむ (susumu)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 歩
* ほ Grade: 2
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 步 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ほ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ho̞]

#### Noun

歩(ほ) • (ho)
* a literal (foot)step: walk, walking
* a figurative step: progress, progression

#### Affix

歩(ほ) • (ho)
* (foot)step, walk
* advancement, progression

##### Derived terms

* 歩(ほ)行(こう) (hokō)
* 歩(ほ)調(ちょう) (hochō)
* 歩(ほ)道(どう) (hodō)
* 歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō)
* 闊(かっ)歩(ぽ) (kappo)
* 牛(ぎゅう)歩(ほ) (gyūho)
* 競(きょう)歩(ほ) (kyōho)
* 国(こく)歩(ほ) (kokuho)
* 散(さん)歩(ぽ) (sanpo)
* 初(しょ)歩(ほ) (shoho)
* 譲(じょう)歩(ほ) (jōho)
* 進(しん)歩(ぽ) (shinpo)
* 酔(すい)歩(ほ) (suiho)
* 速(そく)歩(ほ) (sokuho)
* 退(たい)歩(ほ) (taiho)
* 地(ち)歩(ほ) (chiho)
* 徒(と)歩(ほ) (toho)
* 独(どっ)歩(ぽ) (doppo)
* 漫(まん)歩(ぽ) (manpo)
* 遊(ゆう)歩(ほ) (yūho)

#### Counter

歩(ほ) • (-ho)
* steps, footsteps

##### Derived terms

* 十(じっ)歩(ぽ) (jippo)
* 五(ご)十(じっ)歩(ぽ) (gojippo)
* 百(ひゃっ)歩(ぽ) (hyappo)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 歩
* ぶ Grade: 2
* goon
* Alternative spelling
* 步 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bɯ̟]

#### Noun

歩(ぶ) • (bu)
* a traditional unit of measurement:
** for land area, equal to 6 square 尺 (shaku) or 3.306 square metres
    Synonym: 坪 (tsubo)
** for length, also equal to 6 尺 (shaku) or approximately 1.8 metres
* (finance) by extension of 分 (bu, literally “one-tenth”):
** a percentage on interest; compare English commission
** the lending and borrowing of interest itself

#### Affix

歩(ぶ) • (bu)
* percentage, proportion, ratio

##### Derived terms

* 歩(ぶ)合(あい) (buai)
* 日(ひ)歩(ぶ) (hibu)

#### Suffix

歩(ぶ) • (-bu)
* in measuring 町 (chō, “block”), 段 (tan, “300 bu/tsubo”), etc., indicates no decimal points added; compare English even, precisely

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 歩
* ふ Grade: 2
* kan'yōon
* Alternative spelling
* 步 (kyūjitai)
Short form or clipping of 歩兵 (fuhyō).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふ [fù] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟]

#### Noun

歩(ふ) • (fu)
* (shogi, colloquial) a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called as the equivalent of the pawn in Western chess

##### Derived terms

* 二(に)歩(ふ) (nifu)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 歩
* あゆ(み) Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 步 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of 歩み (ayumi), the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あゆみ [àyúmíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [a̠jɯ̟mʲi]

#### Proper noun

歩(あゆみ) • (Ayumi)
* a female given name

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 歩
* あゆ(む) Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 步 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あゆむ [àyúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [a̠jɯ̟mɯ̟]

#### Proper noun

歩(あゆむ) • (Ayumu)
* a male or female given name

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

歩 • (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune–Reischauer po, Yale po)
* Rare form of 步: to walk, step