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歩 kanji
walk, counter for steps
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ホブフ
Kun readings
あるくあゆむ
Variant forms
步Words with 歩
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —禹歩ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
- —歩帯ambulacral zone (on echinoderms); ambulacrum (on echinoderms)
- —半歩half step; half a step
- —歩卒footmen; foot soldier
- —独歩walking alone; walking without assistance; self-reliance; being independent; unique; matchless; unparalleled; unequaled; unrivaled; unchallenged; peerless
- —歩速walking speed; walking pace
- —乱歩random walk
- —歩様manner of walking; horse gait
- —緩歩slow walk
- —国歩prospects of a country; outlook for a country; national fate
- —歩容gait
- —何歩how many steps
- —万歩計pedometer
- —遊歩道promenade; esplanade
- —歩一歩step by step
- —歩行器baby-walker; walking frame
- —歩数計pedometer
- —進歩的progressive
- —進歩党progressive party
- —散歩旁while taking a walk