走 zǒu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 止 to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
走路
zǒulù
to walk, to go on foot
Characters in this word
路 lù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- Made of
- 足 foot 各 individual
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我每天走路上学。 Wǒ měitiān zǒulù shàngxué. I walk to school every day.
- 我们走路去商店。 Wǒmen zǒulù qù shāngdiàn. We walk to the shop.
- 他喜欢走路。 Tā xǐhuan zǒulù. He likes walking.