歩く
あるく · aruku · JLPT N5 · verb-godan
to walk
👣 aruku: are you cool on foot? 歩 = stop (止) + few (少), step by step
歩 stacks 止 (originally a foot) over 少 (historically a second foot): one foot after the other is walking. The く ending marks it as a verb. Sound hook: a-ru-ku, like asking are you cool to go on foot.