走

走 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜人 (GYO), four-corner 4080₁, composition ⿱土龰)

1. Kangxi radical #156, ⾛.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №26

• Appendix:Chinese radical/走
• 𬾉, 唗, 徒, 𪭴, 陡, 𦛣, 𥆥, 𧋨, 跿, 𩋀, 鯐, 𭌠, 𠠄, 𢈩

• KangXi: page 1215, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37034
• Dae Jaweon: page 1683, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3473, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8D70

Historical forms of the character 走
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 夭 (“young, running man”) + 止 (“foot”) – a running man. The top component (夭) simplified to the unrelated 土.

As with 圭, there are two separate vertical strokes, not a single one.

Schuessler (2007) considers this to be part of a large Sino-Tibetan word family, including 搜 (OC *sru, “to move”), 速 (OC *sloːɡ, “quick”), 夙 (OC *suɡ, “morning”), 聳 (OC *sloŋʔ, “to excite”), 蔌 (OC *sloːɡ, “vegetables”), which derive from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-sow (“to arise; to awake”).

走

1. to go; to walk; to go on foot

   走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!

   他走在我的面前。  ―  Tā zǒu zài wǒ de miànqián.  ―  He walked before me.

   不要走得那麼快！／不要走得那么快！  ―  Bù yào zǒu de nàme kuài!  ―  Don't walk so fast!

   走著去火車站要多久？ [MSC, trad.]
   走着去火车站要多久？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zǒu zhe qù huǒchēzhàn yào duōjiǔ? [Pinyin]

   How long does it take to walk to the station?

2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to run; to jog

   • 宋人有耕田者，田中有株，兔走，觸株折頸而死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宋人有耕田者，田中有株，兔走，触株折颈而死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Sòng rén yǒu gēngtián zhě, tián zhōng yǒu zhū, tù zǒu, chù zhū zhé jǐng ér sǐ. [Pinyin]

     There was a farmer of Song who tilled the land, and in his field was a stump. One day a rabbit, racing across the field, bumped into the stump, broke its neck, and died.

3. (intransitive) to leave; to go away

   我要走了。  ―  Wǒ yào zǒu le.  ―  I am going to go. / I am leaving.

   請你把所有垃圾拿走。 [MSC, trad.]
   请你把所有垃圾拿走。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng nǐ bǎ suǒyǒu lājī ná zǒu. [Pinyin]

   Please take away all the trash.

   儂啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬啥辰光走？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   When are you leaving?

   佢啱啱走咗。 [Cantonese]  ―  keoi⁵ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ zau² zo². [Jyutping]  ―  He/she just left.

4. (literary) to run away; to flee

   不戰而走／不战而走  ―  bù zhàn ér zǒu  ―  to flee without putting up a fight

   • 填然鼓之，兵刃既接，棄甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     填然鼓之，兵刃既接，弃甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Tiánrán gǔ zhī, bīngrèn jì jiē, qìjiǎyèbīng ér zǒu. [Pinyin]

     The soldiers move forward to the sound of the drums; and after their weapons have been crossed, on one side they throw away their coats of mail, trail their arms behind them, and run.

5. to leak; to let out

   煤氣管道走氣了。／煤气管道走气了。  ―  Méiqì guǎndào zǒuqì le.  ―  Gas is leaking from the pipe.

6. (of devices) to run; to work

   我的手錶不走了。／我的手表不走了。  ―  Wǒ de shǒubiǎo bù zǒu le.  ―  My watch doesn't work.

7. to visit; to call on

   他們兩家走得很近。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们两家走得很近。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen liǎng jiā zǒu dé hěn jìn. [Pinyin]

   The two families often visit each other.

8. to make a move

   我的對手走了一步妙棋。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的对手走了一步妙棋。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de duìshǒu zǒu le yī bù miàoqí. [Pinyin]

   My opponent made a clever move (chess).

   該你走了。／该你走了。  ―  Gāi nǐ zǒu le.  ―  It's your move.

9. (euphemistic) to pass away; to die

   聽說他是昨天晚上走的，走得很安詳。 [MSC, trad.]
   听说他是昨天晚上走的，走得很安详。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tīngshuō tā shì zuótiān wǎnshàng zǒu de, zǒu dé hěn ānxiáng. [Pinyin]

   It is said that he passed away last night peacefully.

10. to change; to lose original shape, flavour, etc.

    鋼琴走調了，音色很難聽。 [MSC, trad.]
    钢琴走调了，音色很难听。 [MSC, simp.]

    Gāngqín zǒu diào le, yīnsè hěn nántīng. [Pinyin]

    The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.

11. (Cantonese) to leave out (from a dish); to hold

    走蛋 [Cantonese]  ―  zau² daan^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  hold the eggs

    一杯凍檸茶走甜 [Cantonese, trad.]
    一杯冻柠茶走甜 [Cantonese, simp.]

    jat¹ bui¹ dung³ ning^4-2 caa⁴ zau² tim⁴ [Jyutping]

    a cup of iced lemon tea without sugar

12. from; through

    我們可以走這邊進去。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们可以走这边进去。 [MSC, simp.]

    Wǒmen kěyǐ zǒu zhèbiān jìnqù. [Pinyin]

    We can get in from this side.

13. a surname

• (to walk):

• (to run):

• (to leave):

• (to die):

走

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 行 (kiâⁿ, “to walk”).

   • 走路返厝乎狗追 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     走路返厝乎狗追 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2004, 搖來搖去, performed by 黃一飛與喵喵組合

     kiâⁿ-lō͘ túiⁿ-chhù hō͘ káu tui [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

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   • 走不知路才會乎你騙騙去　走不知路才會為你來傷心 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     走不知路才会乎你骗骗去　走不知路才会为你来伤心 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017, 王俊傑 (lyrics and music), 走不知路, performed by 蔡秋鳳

     kiâⁿ m̄-chai lō͘ chiah ē hō͘ lí phiàn-phiàn--khì, kiâⁿ m̄-chai lō͘ chiah ē ūi lí lâi siong-sim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. run

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• On: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: はしる (hashiru, 走る, Jōyō)

走(そう) • (-sō) 

1. race; run

   １００(ひゃく)ｍ(メートル) 走(そう)

   hyakumētoru sō

   100-meter race

走 (eumhun 달릴 주 (dallil ju))

1. Hanja form^? of 주 (“to run”).

走: Hán Nôm readings: tẩu, rảo

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