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Kanji Detail for 走 - "to run, to rush"

走

  • Meaning

    走 means "to run, to rush." Also associated with to flee.

    1. Run - To move swiftly on foot.

    2. Rush - To move with speed and urgency.

    3. Flee - To run away; to escape.

    4. Go - To proceed; to travel.

  • Words using 走

    • 走者 そうしゃ Listen runner; base runner
    • 走行 そうこう Listen running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling
    • 滑走 かっそう Listen gliding; sliding; skating (on ice)
    • 走り はしり Listen running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season
    • 暴走 ぼうそう Listen acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly
    • 独走 どくそう Listen running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others)
    • 競走 きょうそう Listen race; run; dash
    • 逃走 とうそう Listen flight; desertion; escape

  • Four-character idioms with 走

    • 東奔西走 とうほんせいそう Listen busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself

  • Tattoo check: 走

    • Verified meaning: to run, to rush
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かける, そう, らん)
    • Also carries these associations: to flee

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 走

    Given names 走(かける)Listen 走(らん)Listen

    Surnames 走(そう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    run

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to walk, to run, to flee

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To hurry. All movement of feet coming and going is called 走. Therefore serving at someone's side is called 奔走 (rush about). Today in letters, the self-reference 走 or 下走 (this humble one) is a modest term. | To flee. "Mencius" says "Throwing away armor and dragging weapons while fleeing." | Same as 僕 (servant). | Movement of objects is also called 走. Such as moving a brush is called 走筆 (brush moving quickly). | Losing the normal state is called 走. Such as 走版 (off-register), 走樣 (out of shape).

  • Onyomi

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    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hashi.ru(はし-る) はし-る

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    走 (hashiru・sonyo)

  • Related Keywords

    to run to rush to flee courier go race dash gallop hurry jog marathon pace speed sprint stride athletics endurance exercise

Sentences including 走

  • He can run so fast !

  • She can hardly walk , let alone run.

  • He did run.

  • She ran as fast as possible.

  • He run on for half an hour.

  • The boy came running.

  • The car doesn't run fast.

  • I ran as fast as possible to catch up with.

  • My brother can run as fast as i.

  • John came running into the room.

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