# 走 — Run

Frequency rank 520 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 裁 (Judge), less common than 左 (Left).

- On’yomi: そう
- Kun’yomi: はし
- Radical: 走 Run (Kangxi 156)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The character 走 (run) shows a figure with legs in motion — a person leaning forward, arms pumping, running at full speed.

In words:

- 走る はしる — to run
- 走行 そうこう — running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car);traveling
- 逃走 とうそう — flight;desertion;escape

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