Chinese Character Wiki
步

bù

step

Pictograph of one foot in front of another, depicting footsteps.

Components
止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Evolution

步 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
步 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
步 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
步 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
步 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

步  

bù

step, pace; walk, stroll; a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation

步  

Bù

surname Bu

Most common words with 步
Freq.
Word
Meaning

步

a step

进一步

one step further

进步

progress

逐步

progressively

初步

initial

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (2 verified)

歲 涉 陟

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

埗

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mə-bˤa-s

buH

bù

step


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 64.6324% of movies

590th most common character in movies

349th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6B65

Shuowen

“步，行也。从止，相背。”


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