走

走 U+8D70, 走 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D70 ← 赯 [U+8D6F] CJK Unified Ideographs 赱 → [U+8D71]

⾛ U+2F9B, ⾛ KANGXI RADICAL RUN ← ⾚ [U+2F9A] Kangxi Radicals ⾜ → [U+2F9C]

Stroke order

Stroke order

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

1. Kangxi radical #156, ⾛.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №26

• Appendix:Chinese radical/走
• 𬾉, 唗, 徒, 𪭴, 陡, 𦛣, 𥆥, 𧋨, 跿, 𩋀, 鯐, 𭌠, 𠠄, 𢈩, 𰁁

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

Pictogram (象形): a running man. An additional 止 (“foot”) was added later. The variant form 𧺆 preserves the form in the Small Seal Script.

In the modern form, the top component (夭) is simplified to the unrelated 土 and the bottom part is stylized as 龰. See also the top component of 去 and 赤.

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

simp. and trad.		走
alternative forms		赱 𧺆 㞫

Schuessler (2007) considers this to be part of a large Sino-Tibetan word family, including 搜 (OC *sru, “to move”), 速 (OC *sloːɡ, “quick”), 夙 (OC *suɡ, “morning”), 聳 (OC *sloŋʔ, “to excite”), 蔌 (OC *sloːɡ, “vegetables”), which derive from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-sow (“to arise; to awake”).

走

1. to go; to walk; to go on foot

   走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!

   他走在我的面前。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā zǒu zài wǒ de miànqián. [Pinyin]

   He walked before me.

   不要走得那麼快！ [MSC, trad.]
   不要走得那么快！ [MSC, simp.]

   Bù yào zǒu de nàme kuài! [Pinyin]

   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?

2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to run; to jog

   未學行，先學走 [Cantonese, trad.]
   未学行，先学走 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mei⁶ hok⁶ haang⁴ ，sin¹ hok⁶ zau² [Jyutping]

   (figurative) to learn to run before one can walk

   • c. 3rd century BCE, 韓非 [Han Fei], 韓非子 [Han Feizi]:

     宋人有耕田者，田中有株，兔走，觸株折頸而死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宋人有耕田者，田中有株，兔走，触株折颈而死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Sòng rén yǒu gēngtián zhě, tián zhōng yǒu zhū, tù zǒu, chù zhū zhé jǐng ér sǐ. [Pinyin]

     There was a farmer of Song who tilled the land, and in his field was a stump. One day a rabbit, racing across the field, bumped into the stump, broke its neck, and died.

3. (ergative) to leave; to go away

   我要走了。  ―  Wǒ yào zǒu le.  ―  I am going to go. / I am leaving.

   請你把所有垃圾拿走。 [MSC, trad.]
   请你把所有垃圾拿走。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng nǐ bǎ suǒyǒu lājī ná zǒu. [Pinyin]

   Please take away all the trash.

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

   ⁶non ⁵sa-zen-kuaon ⁵tseu [Wugniu]

   When are you leaving?

   佢啱啱走咗。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ zau² zo². [Jyutping]

   He/she just left.

   走了幾個人。／走了几个人。  ―  Zǒule jǐge rén.  ―  A few people has left.

   走咗架巴士。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   zau² zo² gaa³ baa¹ si^6-2. [Jyutping]

   A bus has left.

4. (literary) to run away; to flee

   不戰而走／不战而走  ―  bù zhàn ér zǒu  ―  to flee without putting up a fight

   • c. 4th century BCE, 孟子 [Mencius], 孟子 [Mencius]:

     填然鼓之，兵刃既接，棄甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     填然鼓之，兵刃既接，弃甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Tiánrán gǔ zhī, bīngrèn jì jiē, qìjiǎyèbīng ér zǒu. [Pinyin]

     The soldiers move forward to the sound of the drums; and after their weapons have been crossed, on one side they throw away their coats of mail, trail their arms behind them, and run.

5. to reveal; to divulge; to leak
6. to leak; to let out

   煤氣管道走氣了。 [MSC, trad.]
   煤气管道走气了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Méiqì guǎndào zǒuqì le. [Pinyin]

   Gas is leaking from the pipe.

7. (of devices) to run; to work

   我的手錶不走了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的手表不走了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de shǒubiǎo bù zǒu le. [Pinyin]

   My watch doesn't work.

8. to move; to shift; to transfer

   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 miàoqí. [Pinyin]

   My opponent made a clever move (chess).

   該你走了。／该你走了。  ―  Gāi nǐ zǒu le.  ―  It's your move.

9. (euphemistic) to pass away; to die

   聽說他是昨天晚上走的，走得很安詳。 [MSC, trad.]
   听说他是昨天晚上走的，走得很安详。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tīngshuō tā shì zuótiān wǎnshàng zǒu de, zǒu dé hěn ānxiáng. [Pinyin]

   It is said that he passed away last night peacefully.

10. 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.

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

    走蛋 [Cantonese]  ―  zau² daan^6-2 [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

12. to pass 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.

13. 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.

14. a surname, Zou

• (to walk):

• (to run):

• (to leave):

• (to reveal):

• (to move):

• (to die):

• (to call on):

simp. and trad.		走

走

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 行 (kiâⁿ, “to walk”)
   • 2004, 黃一飛 [Freddie Huang], “搖來搖去”, performed by 黃一飛與喵喵組合:

     走路返厝乎狗追 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     走路返厝乎狗追 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     kiâⁿ-lō͘ túiⁿ-chhù hō͘ káu tui [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017, 王俊傑, “走不知路”, in 走不知路, performed by 蔡秋鳳:

     走不知路才會乎你騙騙去　走不知路才會為你來傷心 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     走不知路才会乎你骗骗去　走不知路才会为你来伤心 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     kiâⁿ m̄-chai lō͘ chiah ē hō͘ lí phiàn-phiàn--khì, kiâⁿ m̄-chai lō͘ chiah ē ūi lí lâi siong-sim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

(Second grade 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)

Kanji in this term
走
そう Grade: 2
on'yomi

• (Tokyo) そー [sóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ː]

走(そう) • (-sō) 

1. race; run

   １００(ひゃく)ｍ(メートル) 走(そう)

   hyakumētoru sō

   100-meter race

走 (eumhun 달릴 주 (dallil ju))

1. hanja form^? of 주 (“to run”)

走: Hán Nôm readings: tẩu, rảo

1. chữ Hán form of tẩu (“to flee”)