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Alteration of 步, with 𣥂 replaced by the more common 少.
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)
- 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
歩
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 步)
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步 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).
歩 • (ho)
- a literal (foot)step: walk, walking
- a figurative step: progress, progression
歩 • (ho)
- (foot)step, walk
- advancement, progression
歩 • (-ho)
- steps, footsteps
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步 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).
歩 • (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
歩 • (bu)
- percentage, proportion, ratio
歩 • (-bu)
- in measuring 町 (chō, “block”), 段 (tan, “300 bu/tsubo”), etc., indicates no decimal points added; compare English even, precisely
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步 (kyūjitai)
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Short form or clipping of 歩兵 (fuhyō).
歩 • (fu)
- (shogi, colloquial) a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called as the equivalent of the pawn in Western chess
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步 (kyūjitai)
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Nominalization of 歩み (ayumi), the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).
歩 • (Ayumi)
- a female given name
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步 (kyūjitai)
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Nominalization of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).
歩 • (Ayumu)
- a male or female given name
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
歩 • (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune–Reischauer po, Yale po)
- Rare form of 步: to walk, step