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  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.)

    発言の一部だけがマスコミに取り上げられて独り歩きした。
    Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.

  2. walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself

  3. walking unaided; being able to walk without help

  4. standing on one's own feet; being independent; taking care of oneself

Also written ひとり歩き【ひとりあるき】、独り歩き【ひとりあるき】

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Characters in this word

3
一
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
On
イチイツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
一 one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

一

Used in names as

かずいいっいるかつかづてんはじめひひとつまこと

Words starting with 一Words ending in 一Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
人
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

person

Kun
ひと-り-と
On
ジンニン
Strokes
2
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
5 of 2500
Radical
人 person
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

人

Used in names as

じとねひこふみ

Words starting with 人Words ending in 人Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-2-4SKIP code
2a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8000.0Four corner code
1262deroo
4ebaUnicode hex code
1-31-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
339Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
99New Nelson (John Haig)
3368New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4175Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
951Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
9A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
14Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
344Morohashi
39A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30sakade
11Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
39henshall3
7Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2crowley
15Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
42Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
960Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ren2Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
歩
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

walk, counter for steps

Kun
ある.くあゆ.む
On
ホブフ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
554 of 2500
Radical
止 stop
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

ノ止小

Used in names as

あゆきゆみ

Words starting with 歩Words ending in 歩Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
3n5.3The Kanji Dictionary
2120.9Four corner code
1260deroo
6b69Unicode hex code
1-42-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2433Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2958New Nelson (John Haig)
2416New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3071Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1566Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
371Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
397Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
312A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
694Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
433Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16284Morohashi
202A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
431Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
437Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
136sakade
204Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
221henshall3
165Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
267crowley
176Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
1130Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
377Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bu4Pinyin reading
boKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level