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Kanji Detail for 步 - "walk, step, progress"
步
- Meaning
步 means "walk, step, progress."
Walk - To move on foot; to advance by steps.
Step - A single movement forward; progress made.
Pace - The manner of walking; rate of progress.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
step; pace; walk; stroll
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
step, pace; walk, stroll
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Bu
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Walking on foot. One foot movement is called 跬 (half-step); double 跬 is called a step (步). Today, the distance between two feet front and back is commonly called one step. The young man of Shouling learned to walk in Handan but failed to learn properly and lost his original gait. See Book of Later Han. Today, failing to learn something is called "learning to walk in Handan" (邯鄲學步), based on this. Also, state of progress. As in 進步 (progress), 退步 (regress). The emperor's position is called 玉步 (jade step), from Zuozhuan's phrase "changing jade, changing step." | A unit of measurement. Five feet make one step. 360 steps make one li. 240 square steps make one mu (acre). | A waterfront is called 步. As in Guazhou is called 瓜步. Interchangeable with 埠 (wharf). | Fortune. As in national fortune is called 國步; heavenly fortune is called 天步. | To calculate. As in calculating astronomy is called 推步. | Having the meaning of following. As in composing poetry with matching rhymes is also called 步韻.
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