走 — how to write the kanji for “run”
走 (“run”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in second grade in Japan. As one of the 214 traditional radicals it heads 27 kanji in KANJIDIC2. Read sou, it forms 走者 (“runner”), 走行 (“running”) and 滑走 (“gliding”); the native reading hashi-ru gives 走り (“running”) and 走る (“to run”). Chinese reads it zǒu, “to walk”, at HSK 2.
- Strokes
- 7
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 走 (“run”)
- On
- ソウ
- Kun
- はし·る
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Its parts sit stacked: 土 (“soil”), strokes 1–3; 龰, strokes 4–7, each finished before the next.
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑centerdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒leftdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 7 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Under the radical 走
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ソウ sou
- Kun (native)
- はし·る hashi-ru
- Meanings
- run
- Read sou
- 走者 走行 滑走 暴走 独走 競走
- Read hashi-ru
- 走り 走る
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 626th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 주 ju
- Common words
- 28 in JMdict
Words with 走
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走者 | そうしゃ sousha | runner; base runner |
| 走行 | そうこう soukou | running; traveling |
| 滑走 | かっそう kassou | gliding; sliding |
| 走り | はしり hashiri | running; gliding |
| 走る | はしる hashiru | to run; to run |
| 暴走 | ぼうそう bousou | acting rashly; running wildly |
| 独走 | どくそう dokusou | running alone; running solo |
| 競走 | きょうそう kyousou | race; run |
| 逃走 | とうそう tousou | flight; desertion |
| 走塁 | そうるい sourui | base running |
Most common first (JMdict).
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