步骤
bù​zhòu HSK7

step

步 bù step

Pictograph of one foot in front of another, depicting footsteps.

Components

止
止 Iconic component
zhǐ (foot), stop
𣥂
𣥂 Iconic component
tà (foot), to trample

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

陟歲

Iconic (1)

涉

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

埗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbuHmə-bˤa-s step

說文解字

《說文》：“步，行也。从止，相背。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

骤 zhòu procedure Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 聚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驟.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
聚
聚 Sound component
jù assemble

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

驟 zhòu procedure Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 聚 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
聚
聚 Sound component
jù assemble

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrjuwHN-tsˤroʔ-sfast-running
Zhengzhangzrus
Unicodejrhiou

說文解字

馬疾步也。从馬聚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)