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走 means 'run'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 156    Frequency: 445   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-7    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 13    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 62 words   Used in 183 words   Used in 142 names   Component in 31 kanji (6 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ソウ
Kun
   はしる run
Additional readings
Name    はしり
Variants
⾛ (Chinese)  
Notes
You know this radical from the first kanji in 趣味 (しゅみ: hobby). See what 趣 and five other Jōyō kanji have to do with running, including 起 (wake up), which contains a rearing serpent!
Components
⿱  十 ten  疋 roll of cloth; bolt of cloth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 走 is used 10 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 走 is used 176 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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ソウ : 121 words FIND ALL
そ う こ う 0
running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling
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はしる : 33 words FIND ALL
は し る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run
2. to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive
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はしる (read as ばし) : 14 words FIND ALL
く ち ば し る 4
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to speak; to tell; to blurt out
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はしる (read as ぱし) : 4 words FIND ALL
つ っ ぱ し る 4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
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ばしり: 4 words. FIND ALL
noun
roadrunner  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 7 less common words include 走 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 179 (originally: 161)  Joy o' Kanji : 161  Key to Kanji: 665 

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走
ソウ   はしる run   
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