U+6B69 "歩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
歩
U+6B69 "歩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji character primarily used in Japanese and occasionally in Chinese, where it serves as a simplified form of the traditional character 步. This character means "step," "pace," or "walk" and is often found in compound words such as 散歩 (sanpo, meaning "stroll" or "walk") and 歩く (aruku, meaning "to walk"). Its visual structure represents a footprint or a sequence of steps, conveying movement and progress in a literal and metaphorical sense.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6B69 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 歩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 歩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xAD 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6B69 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006B69 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6b69 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-2956 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2956 |
| kCangjie | YLMH |
| kCantonese | bou6 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0966.110 |
| kDefinition | step |
| kFourCornerCode | 2120.9 |
| kHangul | 보:N |
| kHanYu | 21441.020 |
| kIICore | AJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0966.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21441.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0576.101 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3E50 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A62 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-4F08 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2956 |
| kJapanese | ホ ブ フ あるく あゆむ あゆみ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | ARUKU AYUMU AYUMI |
| kJapaneseOn | HO BU FU |
| kJis0 | 4266 |
| kKangXi | 0576.101 |
| kKorean | PO |
| kMandarin | bù |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014831 |
| kMorohashi | 16284 |
| kNelson | 2433 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3634+77.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 77.4 |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | J |