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走 — to walk; to go; to run

to walk; to go; to run; to move; to visit; to leave; to go away

Pinyin
zǒu
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 走: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

走 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 走 in the HSK syllabus: 14

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run; to move; to visit; to leaveHSK 2
  2. 走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to departHSK 2
  3. 行走xíngzǒuto walkHSK 5
  4. 走廊zǒulángcorridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; verandaHSK 6
  5. 出走chūzǒuto leave home; to go off; to run awayHSK 7–9
  6. 东奔西走dōngbēn-xīzǒuto run this way and that; to rush about busilyHSK 7–9
  7. 飞禽走兽fēiqín-zǒushòubirds and animalsHSK 7–9
  8. 走过场zǒu guòchǎngto go through the motionsHSK 7–9
  9. 走弯路zǒu wānlùto take an indirect routeHSK 7–9
  10. 走漏zǒulòuto leak; to smuggle and evade taxHSK 7–9
  11. 走势zǒushìtendency; trend; pathHSK 7–9
  12. 走私zǒusīto smuggle; to have an illicit affairHSK 7–9
  13. 走投无路zǒutóu-wúlùto be at an impasse; in a tight spotHSK 7–9
  14. 走向zǒuxiàngdirection; strike; inclination; trendHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.