～歩
～ほ · ～ho · JLPT N2 · noun
measure
👣 歩 = 止 (foot) on top + a flipped foot below: left, right, one step
In oracle bone script, 歩 was two footprints, one ahead of the other. The top 止 started as a foot, and the bottom is a reversed foot, not 少. As a suffix, ～ho counts steps: 一歩 ippo, 三歩 sanpo. Hook: ho, ho, one step at a time.