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步 (bù): meaning and stroke order

步 (bù) means a step, a pace, walk, march, stages in a process, situation, surname Bu.

步

Simplified
步
Traditional
步 (same form)
Pinyin
bù

Stroke order of 步

步

  • Bù surname Bu
  • bù a step; a pace
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 步

  1. bù
    • a step
    • a pace
    • walk
    • march
    • stages in a process
    • situation
  2. Bù
    • surname Bu

Radical and structure

步
Radical 止 (Kangxi radical 77) · 7 strokes · 止 on top, 𣥂 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 步

步 in our stories

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  • 于是，他带着百姓挖河道、开山口，把洪水一步一步引进大海。

    yúshì tā dài zhe bǎixìng wā hédào kāi shānkǒu bǎ hóngshuǐ yí bù yí bù yǐn jìn dàhǎi

    So he led the people in digging channels and cutting through hills, guiding the flood step by step into the sea.

    From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

  • 他身材高大，两只耳朵上挂着黄蛇，手里也握着黄蛇，一步能跨过一座山丘。

    tā shēncái gāodà liǎng zhī ěrduo shàng guà zhe huángshé shǒu lǐ yě wò zhe huángshé yí bù néng kuà guò yí zuò shānqiū

    He was enormous: yellow snakes hung from his ears and he held yellow snakes in his hands, and a single stride carried him over a hill.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

  • 凌晨两点，他们从最后一个营地出发。头灯的光在黑暗中连成一条线，每走一步，都要大口喘三口气。

    língchén liǎng diǎn tāmen cóng zuìhòu yí gè yíngdì chūfā tóudēng de guāng zài hēi'àn zhōng lián chéng yì tiáo xiàn měi zǒu yí bù dōu yào dàkǒu chuǎn sān kǒu qì

    At two in the morning they set out from the last camp. The headlamps formed a line of light in the darkness, and every step took three great gasps of breath.

    From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 步

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).