HSK 1 · Coming & going

走

zǒu

to walk; to leave

Stroke order of 走

走 is written with 7 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

"走" shows earth "土" above a striding foot: walk away!

Parts: 土 + a foot shape (止 variant)

Example sentence

我们走吧！

Let's go!

Words with 走

走路to walk 走过to walk past 走进to walk into 走开to go away

More words: Coming & going

来to come 去to go 回to return; to go back 出to go out; to exit 进to enter 来到to arrive; to come to 回到to return to 出来to come out 出去to go out 进来to come in 进去to go in 回来to come back 回去to go back 走路to walk 跑to run 到to arrive; to reach

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