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散步 (sàn bù): meaning and stroke order

散步 (sàn bù) means to take a walk; to go for a walk.

散步

Simplified
散步
Traditional
散步 (same form)
Pinyin
sàn bù

Stroke order of 散步

散

  • sàn variant of 散[san4]
  • sǎn scattered; loose
  • sàn to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc)
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㪚

Stroke by stroke

步

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

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 散步

  1. sàn bù
    • to take a walk; to go for a walk

Radicals of the characters

散
Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 12 strokes
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.

散步 in our stories

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  • 有一天，两人在濠水的桥上散步。庄子看着水里游来游去的小鱼，说：“鱼在水里游得多么自在，这就是鱼的快乐啊。”

    yǒu yì tiān liǎng rén zài Háoshuǐ de qiáo shàng sànbù Zhuāngzǐ kànzhe shuǐ lǐ yóuláiyóuqù de xiǎo yú shuō yú zài shuǐ lǐ yóu de duōme zìzai zhè jiùshì yú de kuàilè a

    One day the two were strolling on a bridge over the Hao River. Watching the little fish darting about, Zhuangzi said: "How freely the fish swim—this is the happiness of fish."

    From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 散步

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).