tiào

jump

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

兆 sound component

  Sound component

zhào

  

omen

Evolution

跳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
跳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tiào

jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance; to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate

Most common words with 跳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to jump

跳舞

to dance

心跳

heartbeat

跳水

(sports) diving

跳跃

to jump