趟

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classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

走 meaning “walk” + 尚 sound ( shàng )

Components 走尚

trip · Heisig RSH #1672

走 walk + 尚 esteem

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
白跑一趟	bái pǎo yī tàng	to go on an errand for nothing; to go on a wild-goose chase
空跑一趟	kōng pǎo yī tàng	to make a journey for nothing
转一趟	zhuàn yī tàng	to go on a trip
趟浑水	tāng hún shuǐ	(fig.) to get involved in an unsavory enterprise
单趟	dān tàng	single trip

Characters sharing the sound component 尚 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尚 sound part	shàng	still, yet; even; fairly, rather
常	cháng	common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
党	dǎng	political party, gang, faction
堂	táng	hall, large room; government office; cousins
掌	zhǎng	in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
赏	shǎng	reward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant
尝	cháng	to taste; to experience, to experiment with
躺	tǎng	to recline, to lie down
敞	chǎng	wide, open, spacious
棠	táng	crabapple tree; wild plum
倘	tǎng	if, supposing, in event of
淌	tǎng	to trickle down, to flow, to drip; to shed tears
裳	cháng	skirt, petticoat; beautiful
惝	chǎng	alarmed, agitated
徜	cháng	to linger, to walk back and forth
绱	shàng	the sole of a shoe; to patch, to sole
䠀	chǎng	to meditate; to sit cross-legged
牚	chēng	variant of 撐\|撑[cheng1]