迈
mài · HSK 7
to take a step
🚶 辶 walk radical + 万 (ten thousand) — stride out ten thousand steps
The 辶 radical means walking or movement, and 万 (wàn) gives the sound, close to mài. Together they form 迈: to take a big step or stride forward.
迈 — walk radical 辶 + 万 (wàn)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The 辶 radical signals motion or walking, while 万 supplies the sound (wàn → mài). The character originally meant to stride or take a long step, and from there extended to 'go forward,' 'advance in age,' and the modern sense of surpassing or exceeding.