Chinese symbol for “step”
步
bù
a step; a pace; walk; march
The closest CC-CEDICT match for step is 步 (bù), defined as: a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “step”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迈 (邁) | mài | to step; to stride; (bound form) old; elderly |
| 步子 | bù zi | step; pace |
| 级 (級) | jí | level; grade |
| 陔 | gāi | step; terrace |
| 措施 | cuò shī | measure; step |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 步.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
| 同步 | tóng bù | synchronous; to synchronize |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial; preliminary |
| 步骤 (步驟) | bù zhòu | procedure; step |
See also: Japanese symbol for “step”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.