走
ソウ, はし.る, はしり

run

JLPT4 G2 S7 F626

The relevant bronzeware inscription form combines an abbreviated form# of 足 leg/foot + 夭 (slender, limber figure of a running youth) → *run* → *first product of the season*; *herald of a beginning* (← run ahead).

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