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Kotomora

走

run

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes7

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • はし.る

Nanori

  • はしり

Meaning

走 centers on the action of running: moving quickly on foot.

Most common words using 走

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  • 走るはしる
    N5

    to run

  • 走行そうこう
    N1

    running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling

  • 走りはしり

    running

  • 暴走ぼうそう

    acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly; rampaging

  • 逃走とうそう
    N1

    flight; desertion; escape

  • 脱走だっそう
    N1

    escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

  • 完走かんそう

    finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

  • 競走きょうそう

    race; run; dash; sprint

  • 滑走かっそう

    gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); skiing; glide; slide

  • 出走しゅっそう

    entry in a race

  • 疾走しっそう

    sprint; dash; scampering

  • ご馳走様ごちそうさま
    N2

    thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

  • ご馳走ごちそう
    N4

    treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); taking someone to dinner

  • 奔走ほんそう

    running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

  • 走り回るはしりまわる
    N2

    to run around

  • 独走どくそう

    running alone; running solo

  • 走者そうしゃ

    runner

  • 走り出すはしりだす

    to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

  • 口走るくちばしる

    to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

  • 師走しわす
    N1

    twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December

  • 走り幅跳びはしりはばとび

    long jump

  • 走り書きはしりがき

    scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

  • 帆走はんそう

    sailing

  • 走塁そうるい

    base running

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Etymology

走 is a pictograph of a person running, with the top 土 originally representing a swinging arm and the bottom 龰 a foot in motion.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 土 looks like a runner's pumping arms, and the bottom 龰 is a foot in motion. Together they show a person running.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine a runner dashing through a field of tall grass, making a soft 'sow' sound as they go: sow -> ソウ.