Chinese Character 歩 Meanings and components.

Form

歩

Meaning

歩 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 步[Bu4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to stop (止) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 止 (zhi3) which means: To Stop, To Prohibit, Until, Only, .止zhi3to stop

In cangjie it is written with YLMH

How to write 歩

To write歩bu4old variant … you should write a combination of 止zhi3to stop , 少shao3few arranged in a 吕 shape:

止 + 少 = 歩

歩 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 歩 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 歩, looks as follow:

歩
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 步[Bu4]
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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