走

Meaning

Run · correr

Readings

• On (音読み): ソウ
• Kun (訓読み): はし.る

Example words

• 走る（はしる）— to run
• 走り出す（はしりだす）— to start running
• 競走（きょうそう）— race (running)

Structure

Radical 走 (はしる・そうにょう · Run) · 7 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

走る is godan despite its -iru ending: 走って, 走らない (like 帰る, 入る, 知る). Trains, cars and buses also 走る (電車が走っている), where Spanish would say circular or pasar rather than correr. The same 走 sits inside 起.