步
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #364 U+6B65
How 步 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Modern form of 歨; putting one foot 止 in front of the other
How to remember it
footstep · Heisig RSH #380
trail of footprints + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 步 as their sound component
These characters all use 步 (bù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 步 sound component | bù | walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress |
| 埗 | bù | jetty, quay; port city, trade hub |
Words containing 步
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自动步道 | zì dòng bù dào | moving walkway; travelator |
| 步行区 | bù xíng qū | pedestrian area |
| 下一步 | xià yī bù | the next step |
| 学步车 | xué bù chē | baby walker; baby walking frame |
| 城步县 | Chéng bù Xiàn | see 城步苗族自治縣|城步苗族自治县[Cheng2 bu4 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 大步流星 | dà bù liú xīng | at a stride; taking large steps (while walking) |
| 步行者 | bù xíng zhě | pedestrian |
| 安步当车 | ān bù dàng chē | to go on foot (idiom); to do things at a leisurely pace |
| 步子 | bù zi | step; pace |
| 大步 | dà bù | large strides |
| 学步 | xué bù | to learn to walk; (fig.) to learn sth, making unsteady progress; to get started on the lea… |
| 地步 | dì bù | stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway |
| 马步 | mǎ bù | (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) |
| 步行 | bù xíng | to go on foot; to walk |
| 进步主义 | jìn bù zhǔ yì | progressivism |
| 代步车 | dài bù chē | vehicle; (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc) |
| 步法 | bù fǎ | footwork |
| 八步区 | Bā bù Qū | Babu, a district of Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 步话机 | bù huà jī | walkie-talkie |
| 步道 | bù dào | walking path; pathway |