Ideographic: Someone 土 stepping with their foot 止Radical:

meaning for zǒu:

  • - to walk
  • - to go
  • - to run
  • - to move (of vehicle)
  • - to visit
  • - to leave
  • - to go away
  • - to die (euph.)
  • - from
  • - through
  • - away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 )
  • - to change (shape, form, meaning)direction
  • - strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology)
  • - inclination
  • - trend
  • - to move towards
  • - to head forto smuggle
  • - to have an illicit affairto visit
  • - to travel toto walk
  • - to go on footcorridor
  • - aisle
  • - hallway
  • - passageway
  • - veranda

zǒu
jìnqù进去

She walked inside.


wǎng
xībiān西边
zǒu
le

I walked towards the west.


qǐng
chéngzuò乘坐
fútī扶梯
wǎng
shàng
zǒu

Please take the escalator up.


cóngbù从不
chéngzuò乘坐
diàntī电梯
zǒngshì总是
zǒu
lóutī楼梯

She never takes the elevator, always takes the stairs.


zǒu
guòqù过去
gēn
dǎzhāohu打招呼

He walked over to say hello to her.