walk, counter for steps
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
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彼女は急がず、散歩を楽しみながら歩き続けました。
Kanojo wa isogazu, sanpo o tanoshiminagara arukitsuzukemashita.
She kept walking, no rush, just enjoying the stroll.
会社まで歩いて十五分です。
Kaisha made aruite juugofun desu.
It's a fifteen-minute walk to work.
こっちに一歩、あっちにターン——まるで工場のマイケル・ジャクソンでした。
Kocchi ni ippo, acchi ni taan—— marude koujou no Maikeru Jyakuson deshita.
A step this way, a spin that way — like a factory-floor Michael Jackson.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0