Zi:步
步 [bù] 脚步 step/pace; 逐步 step-by-step; 步行 go on/by foot; 散步 go for a walk; 进步 progress; 步骤 procedure; (HDZ:) …
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):
►bou6 步 b.f./char. ►bou6 fei1 步飛 ►daai6 bou6 laam3 gwo3 大步𨂾過 ►gaa3 bou6 架步 ►gin3 bou6 haang4 bou6 見步行步
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►³bù 步 {B} m. step ‖ Méiyọ̌u jǐ ∼ lù. 没有几∼路。 It's a short distance. ◆b.f. condition; state ►dìbù 地步 ◆n. Surname ◆v. 〈environment:〉 wr. ①tread ‖ ∼ A de hòuchén ∼A的后尘 follow in A's footsteps ②pace off
The Shuōwén Seal form of 步() bù ‘step/pace’ combines 止() zhǐ ‘right foot’, and 𣥂() tà ‘left foot’: 进步 ‘advance/progress’ (onward/upward).
Compare: 陟() zhì ‘ascend’ (advance, upward); 涉() shè ‘wade, ford (a stream)’.
Compare: 降() jiàng ‘descend’ (downward); 夅() jiàng/xiáng ‘descend/surrender/conquer’.
“[步] Picture of one right-foot and one left foot” —Karlgren(AD).
Note: The bottom component 𣥂() has only three strokes, unlike 少() shǎo which has four (cf. 歩).
Compare: 癶(𠇿𣥠) bō ‘straddle/trample’; 行() xíng ‘go’.
Compare: 武() wǔ ‘military/martial arms/arts/force’, in which 止() zhǐ ‘foot/stop’ seems to be short for 步() bù ‘step/pace’ (phonosemantic), as in 陟() zhì ‘ascend’.
HDZ: 步 : bù : 行走, 步行; 徐行, 缓行; 跟随, 追随; 推算, 测量; 步兵 (诸兵种之一); 步伐, 步骤; 时运, 境地; (古) 一举足叫“跬” (半步), 两足跨一次叫“步”; (今) 行走时两脚之间的距离; (量词) (单位) 长度; 埠: 停船的码头; 单独弹奏; 酺 (pú): ((马神名); 灾害人物之神; (祭名)); (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:370.09; Wieger:112g; Karlgren:AD759,GSR73a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1438.6; Lindqvist:40; Mathews:5363; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:574.15; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:047.1.03; Wáng(1993):23; EDOC:1
►components: 止𣥂
►Cantonese: bouh-
Shuōwén: (步)
<cdl char='步' uni='6B65'>
<comp char='止' uni='6B62' points='0,0 128,54' />
<comp char='𣥂' uni='23942' variant='1' points='0,64 110,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='止' uni='6B62' points='0,0 128,124'>
<comp char='卜' uni='535C' variant='2' points='68,0 120,128' />
<stroke type='s' points='30,38 30,128' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='卜' uni='535C' variant='2' points='32,0 96,128' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='s' points='0,0 0,128' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,60 128,60' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EFA5](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='𣥂' uni='23942' variant='1' points='0,64 128,128' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='s' points='80,0 80,60' />
<stroke type='p' points='44,12 12,64' tail='long' />
<stroke type='p' points='128,16 0,128' tail='long' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E639](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+6B65
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