歩

Alteration of 步, with 𣥂 replaced by the more common 少.

歩 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 難卜中一竹 (XYLMH) or 卜中一竹 (YLMH), composition ⿱止少)

• 渉, 捗, 頻

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 576, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16284
• Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1441, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6B69

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 步)

• Go-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: あるく (aruku, 歩く, Jōyō)、あゆむ (ayumu, 歩む, Jōyō)、かち (kachi, 歩)
• Nanori: あゆみ (ayumi)、すすむ (susumu)

From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

• (Tokyo) ほ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞]

歩(ほ) • (ho) 

1. a literal (foot)step: walk, walking
2. a figurative step: progress, progression

歩(ほ) • (ho) 

1. (foot)step, walk
2. advancement, progression

歩(ほ) • (-ho) 

1. steps, footsteps

• 十(じっ)歩(ぽ) (jippo)
• 五(ご)十(じっ)歩(ぽ) (gojippo)
• 百(ひゃっ)歩(ぽ) (hyappo)

From Middle Chinese 步 (MC buH).

• (Tokyo) ぶ [bù] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟]

歩(ぶ) • (bu) 

1. a traditional unit of measurement:
   1. for land area, equal to 6 square 尺 (shaku) or 3.306 square metres

      Synonym: 坪 (tsubo)

   2. for length, also equal to 6 尺 (shaku) or approximately 1.8 metres
2. (finance) by extension of 分 (bu, literally “one-tenth”):
   1. a percentage on interest; compare English commission
   2. the lending and borrowing of interest itself

歩(ぶ) • (bu) 

1. percentage, proportion, ratio

• 歩(ぶ)合(あい) (buai)
• 日(ひ)歩(ぶ) (hibu)

歩(ぶ) • (-bu) 

1. in measuring 町 (chō, “block”), 段 (tan, “300 bu/tsubo”), etc., indicates no decimal points added; compare English even, precisely

Short form or clipping of 歩兵 (fuhyō).

• (Tokyo) ふ [fù] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟]

歩(ふ) • (fu) 

1. (shogi, colloquial) a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called as the equivalent of the pawn in Western chess

• 二(に)歩(ふ) (nifu)

Nominalization of 歩み (ayumi), the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).

• (Tokyo) あゆみ [àyúmíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠jɯ̟mʲi]

歩(あゆみ) • (Ayumi) 

1. a female given name

Nominalization of verb 歩む (ayumu, “to walk”).

• (Tokyo) あゆむ [àyúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠jɯ̟mɯ̟]

歩(あゆむ) • (Ayumu) 

1. a male or female given name

歩 • (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune–Reischauer po, Yale po)

1. rare form of 步: to walk, step