走 · run

JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

走 means run. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 7 strokes, read はしる or そう. It is built from 2 parts: 土 (soil, earth), 龰. It appears in 走る (to run) and 逃走 (flight / desertion / escape).

筆順 · Stroke order

走 is written in 7 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

走 breaks into 2 parts.

• 土 other soil, earth · top component
• 龰 other · bottom component

Words that use 走

Word	Reading	Meaning
走る	はしる	to run
逃走	とうそう	flight / desertion / escape
走行	そうこう	running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. / car / traveling)

Built from the same parts

These use 土 or 龰 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

• 赤red
• 去to leave
• 場place
• 地ground
• 堂public chamber
• 社company
• 埼cape

Practise 走

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