走(zǒu)

HSK 17 strokes

to walk

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Character information

Pinyin
zǒu
Meaning
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)
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 走 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱土止

Someone 土 stepping with their foot 止

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

土tǔ止zhǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 走 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 走

Common words using 走 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

ná拿zǒu走
HSK 6

to take away

Open 拿走 page →
chū出zǒu走
HSK 7-9

to leave home; to go off; to run away

Open 出走 page →
dōng东bēn奔xī西zǒu走
HSK 7-9

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily

Open 东奔西走 page →
jiàn健zǒu走

to walk briskly (for fitness); to power-walk

Open 健走 page →
gōu勾zǒu走

to steal (sb's heart)

Open 勾走 page →
yī一zǒu走liǎo了zhī之

to avoid a problem by walking away from it

Open 一走了之 page →
bù不jìng胫ér而zǒu走

to get round fast

Open 不胫而走 page →
jiàn剑zǒu走piān偏fēng锋

the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)

Open 剑走偏锋 page →

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From 走’s common words

拿出东奔西健勾一

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