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走 — run

はしる走 run

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes action sports

U+8D70 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #626 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #384 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #156

Meanings

word

はし hashi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

走(はし) る hashiru to run 走(はし) り回(まわ) る hashirimawaru to run around 走(はし) れる hashireru to be able to run 走(はし) り hashiri running

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

走(そう) 行(こう) soukou running 暴(ぼう) 走(そう) bousou rampage 滑(かっ) 走(そう) kassou gliding 逃(とう) 走(そう) tousou escape 疾(しっ) 走(そう) shissou sprint 奔(ほん) 走(そう) honsou running about

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

つち土 earth #32

龰 foot (variant)

Used as component in (6)

おこる起 rouse と徒 on foot こえる超 transcend こえる越 surpass おもむき趣 purport おもむく赴 proceed

Compound ideograph (会意). 土 (earth) beneath a running figure. To run — feet pounding the earth.

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#156 走 run