走

走 (radical 156, 走+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜人 (GYO), four-corner 4080₁, composition ⿱土龰)

1. Kangxi radical #156, ⾛.
2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №26

• Index:Chinese radical/走

• KangXi: page 1215, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37034
• Dae Jaweon: page 1683, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3473, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8D70

Historical forms of the character 走
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 夭 (“young, running man”) + 止 (“foot”) – a running man. The top component (夭) simplified to the unrelated 土 (tǔ).

As with 圭 (guī), there are two separate vertical strokes, not a single one.

走

1. (Classical Chinese, dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Min, Wu) to run; to jog
2. to go; to walk; to go on foot
   • 走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!
   • 他走在我的面前。  ―  Tā zǒu zài wǒ de miànqián.  ―  He walked before me.
   • 不要走得那麼快！ / 不要走得那么快！  ―  Bù yào zǒu de nàme kuài!  ―  Don't walk so fast!

   • 走著去火車站要多久？ [MSC, trad.]
     走着去火车站要多久？ [MSC, simp.]

     Zǒu zhe qù huǒchēzhàn yào duōjiǔ? [Pinyin]

     How long does it take to walk to the station?

3. to leave; to go away
   • 我要走了。  ―  Wǒ yào zǒu le.  ―  I am going to go. / I am leaving

   • 儂啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     侬啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     When are you leaving?

   • 佢啱啱走咗。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  Keoi⁵ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ zau² zo². [Jyutping]  ―  He/she just left.
4. to leak; to let out
   • 煤氣管道走氣了。 / 煤气管道走气了。  ―  Méiqì guǎndào zǒu qì le.  ―  Gas is leaking from the pipe.
5. (of devices) to run; to work
   • 我的手錶不走了。 / 我的手表不走了。  ―  Wǒ de shǒubiǎo bù zǒu le.  ―  My watch doesn' t work.
6. to visit; to call on

   • 他們兩家走得很近。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们两家走得很近。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tāmen liǎng jiā zǒu dé hěn jìn. [Pinyin]

     The two families often visit each other.

7. to make a move

   • 我的對手走了一步妙棋。 [MSC, trad.]
     我的对手走了一步妙棋。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ de duìshǒu zǒu le yī bù miào qí. [Pinyin]

     My opponent made a clever move (chess).

   • 該你走了。 / 该你走了。  ―  Gāi nǐ zǒu le.  ―  It's your move.
8. (euphemistic) to die
9. to change; to lose original shape, flavour, etc.

   • 鋼琴走調了，音色很難聽。 [MSC, trad.]
     钢琴走调了，音色很难听。 [MSC, simp.]

     Gāngqín zǒu diào le, yīnsè hěn nántīng. [Pinyin]

     The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.

10. (Cantonese) to leave out (from a dish); to hold

    走蛋 [Cantonese]  ―  zau² daan⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  hold the eggs

    一杯凍檸茶走甜 [Cantonese, trad.]
    一杯冻柠茶走甜 [Cantonese, simp.]

    jat¹ bui¹ dung³ ning^4-2 caa⁴ zau² tim⁴ [Jyutping]

    a cup of iced lemon tea without sugar

11. from; through

    • 我們可以走這邊進去。 [MSC, trad.]
      我们可以走这边进去。 [MSC, simp.]

      Wǒmen kěyǐ zǒu zhèbiān jìnqù. [Pinyin]

      We can get in from this side.

• 跑 (pǎo, “to run; (dialectal) to leave; (dialectal) to go”)

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. run

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• On: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: はしる (hashiru, 走る, Jōyō)

走 (hiragana そう, rōmaji -sō)

1. race; run

   １ (ひ)０ (ゃ)０ (く)ｍ (メートル)走 (そう)

   hyakumētoru sō

   100-meter race

走 • (ju) (hangeul 주)

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走 (tẩu, rảo)

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