run

zǒu (zou3)

Radical no. 156 · 7 strokes (156 部首 · 7 156 bùshǒu · 7 huà)

Radical ⾛ (zǒu) — meaning: run, 7 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

The "run" radical (⾛) originates from a pictograph of a person with two legs in motion, with the two strokes on the left representing the moving feet. Over time the form simplified into its modern shape.

Mnemonic: The two strokes at the left of ⾛ resemble running feet in rapid succession—picture someone sprinting away.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

1 characters
  • zǒu

    variant of 走[zou3]

    6 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.