What is the meaning of ?

a literal (foot)step: walk, walking

a figurative step: progress, progression

a traditional unit of measurement:

  1. for land area, equal to 6 square (shaku) or 3.306 square metres

    for land area, equal to 6 square (shaku) or 3.306 square metres

    for length, also equal to 6 (shaku) or approximately 1.8 metres

    by extension of (bu, literally one-tenth):

    1. a percentage on interest; compare English commission
    2. the lending and borrowing of interest itself

    a percentage on interest; compare English commission

    the lending and borrowing of interest itself

    in measuring (chō, block), (tan, 300 bu/tsubo), etc., indicates no decimal points added; compare English even, precisely

    a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called as the equivalent of the pawn in Western chess

    a female given name

    a male or female given name

    Source: wiktionary.org