step

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of footsteps or footprints in oracle-bone script. The three strokes represent the forward movement of successive steps.

Mnemonic: Three parallel strokes resemble three successive footprints left in sand or mud as one walks.

• 彳chì🔊

  step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60)

  3 strokes

• 彴zhuó🔊

  bridge

  6 strokes

• 彻chè🔊

  thorough

  7 strokes

• 彷páng🔊

  used in 彷徨[pang2 huang2] and 彷徉[pang2 yang2]

  7 strokes

• 役yì🔊

  forced labor

  7 strokes

• 彸zhōng🔊

  restless, agitated

  7 strokes

• 往wǎng🔊

  to go (in a direction)

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 彼bǐ🔊

  that

  8 strokes

• 彽chí🔊

  go to and fro

  8 strokes

• 征zhēng🔊

  journey

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 徂cú🔊

  to go

  8 strokes

• 径jìng🔊

  footpath

  8 strokes

• 很hěn🔊

  very; quite

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 后hòu🔊

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 待dài🔊

  to wait

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 律lǜ🔊

  law

  9 strokes

• 徇xùn🔊

  variant of 徇[xun4]

  9 strokes

• 㣟xì🔊

  to go

  9 strokes

• 徉yáng🔊

  to walk back and forth

  9 strokes

• 徊huái🔊

  used in 徘徊[pai2 huai2]

  9 strokes

• 徐xú🔊

  slowly

  10 strokes

• 徒tú🔊

  (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc)

  10 strokes

• 従cóng🔊

  old variant of 從|从[cong2]

  10 strokes

• 徕lái🔊

  used in 招徠|招徕[zhao1 lai2]

  10 strokes

• 得dé🔊

  to obtain

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 从cóng🔊

  HSK 1

  11 strokes

• 徙xǐ🔊

  (literary) to change one's residence

  11 strokes

• 徘pái🔊

  used in 徘徊[pai2 huai2]

  11 strokes

• 徜cháng🔊

  sit cross-legged

  11 strokes

• 衔xián🔊

  variant of 銜|衔[xian2]

  11 strokes

• 御yù🔊

  (bound form) imperial; royal

  12 strokes

• 复fù🔊

  to go and return

  12 strokes

• 徨huáng🔊

  used in 彷徨[pang2 huang2]

  12 strokes

• 循xún🔊

  to follow

  12 strokes

• 微wēi🔊

  tiny

  13 strokes

• 徬páng🔊

  irresolute

  13 strokes

• 徭yáo🔊

  compulsory service

  13 strokes

• 徯xī🔊

  footpath

  13 strokes

• 德dé🔊

  variant of 德[de2]

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 徻wèi🔊

  a wide room

  16 strokes

• 徼jiào🔊

  boundary

  16 strokes

• 徽huī🔊

  badge

  17 strokes

• 忀xiāng🔊

  to stroll

  20 strokes

• 忂qú🔊

  old variant of 躣[qu2]

  21 strokes