走
run
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
24 of 231- 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
Study
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.