chāo
jump over
Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
chāo
jump over, leap over; surpass; to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
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