Walk Radical (走) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
走 is the walk radical. It appears in 10 of the most common Chinese characters — these 10 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 走 mean?
Walk radical · 走 zǒu · 7 strokes · to walk, to run
It usually appears at the bottom of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 走
走 itself: Someone 土 stepping with their foot 止
10 common characters with 走
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 起 | qǐ | get up, rise; up | 己 supplies the sound |
| 越 | yuè | [as in 越…越] (the more … ) the more | 戉 supplies the sound |
| 超 | chāo | exceed, surpass, go beyond; overtake | 召 supplies the sound |
| 赶 | gǎn | catch up with; drive away; rush through; try to catch (train, bus, etc.); rush for | 干 supplies the sound |
| 趣 | qù | interesting; to interest | 取 supplies the sound |
| 徒 | tú | (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in… | To walk 走 in someone's footsteps 彳 |
| 趋 | qū | to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to co… | 刍 supplies the sound |
| 赴 | fù | leave for, go to | 卜 supplies the sound |
| 趟 | tàng | [measure word for a return trip]; [measure word for a single trip of train] | 尚 supplies the sound |
| 趁 | chèn | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | 㐱 supplies the sound |
Related Radicals
- 衤Clothes radical · yī20 common characters · clothes
- 讠Speech radical · yán56 common characters · speech, words
- 贝Shell radical · bèi36 common characters · shell; (ancient) money
- 足Foot radical · zú18 common characters · foot
- 车Vehicle radical · chē18 common characters · cart, vehicle
- 辶Go radical · chuò53 common characters · to walk, to go; movement
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