# 歩 — Walk

Frequency rank 314 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 太 (Fat), less common than 呼 (Call).

- On’yomi: ほ、ぶ、ふ
- Kun’yomi: ある、あゆ
- Radical: 止 Stop (Kangxi 77)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Stop (stop) sits on top and small (small) steps below — you stop, then take small steps forward, one tiny foot at a time — this is how you walk carefully.

In words:

- 歩く あるく — to walk
- 歩 ふ — pawn (in chess or shogi)
- 歩む あゆむ — to walk;to go on foot

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