footsteps

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting footprints or the act of walking. In oracle-bone and seal scripts, it represents human movement or traces left on the ground.

Mnemonic: The stacked horizontal strokes resemble overlapping footprints or successive footsteps pressed into the ground.

• 癶bō🔊

  Kangxi radical 105, known as 登字頭|登字头[deng1 zi4 tou2]

  5 strokes

• 癸guǐ🔊

  tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

  9 strokes

• 发fā🔊

  to send out

  HSK 2

  12 strokes

• 登dēng🔊

  to scale (a height)

  HSK 4

  12 strokes