Radical 走

7 strokes

earth ± (54a) + stop (30a) = walk 走

We could also break this up into “ten” plus “upright”; make up a story for this alternative if you prefer.

[走寧 (145) zǒudào footpath; sidewalk]

[走动 (58) zǒudòng stretch one’s legs]

(On a mountain path there is a landslide and soil is pouring down across the path) He had to wait for the earth to stop moving before he could walk any further. / Teddy was bouncing around, saying, “I should have come with someone who had the right zodiac sign!”

Both this and Character 271 began as a picture of a snake. In fact “self ” and “snake” tend to be used somewhat interchangeably in some composite characters.