Kanji meanings › Step
Kanji for Step
The kanji for “step” is 歩, read ho and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
step
Steps and walking; moving forward one step at a time.
8 strokes On reading ホ、ブ、フ (ho, bu, fu) Kun reading あるく、あゆむ (aruku, ayumu) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: walk, counter for steps
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ayu, fu, bu, ho
In Japan it appears in about 937 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 歩: Blake 歩怜久 · Brian 歩来安 · Bryan 歩来安 · Caleb 慶礼歩 · Jacob 慈英湖歩 · Briana 歩里安七 · Brooke 歩瑠久 · Bradley 歩良道里 · Brandon 歩藍道 · Breanna 歩里安七 · Brianna 歩里安七 · Gabriel 雅歩里得 and 134 more
Thinking of a tattoo? A single kanji like these is meaningful on its own, but ask a native speaker to check the exact form and stroke order before you commit.
Put it in your name
Nazuke writes your first name in kanji, choosing characters for both sound and meaning.