跳
to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #858 U+8DF3
How 跳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 兆 (phonetic, zhào)
How to remember it
jump · Heisig RSH #1050
wooden leg + 兆 portent
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 兆
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 兆 (zhào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兆 sound component | zhào | omen; mega-, million |
| 桃 | táo | peach; marriage; surname |
| 逃 | táo | to abscond, to dodge, to escape, to flee |
| 挑 | tiāo | to select, to choose; picky, choosy; a load |
| 姚 | yáo | handsome, elegant, attractive; surname |
| 洮 | táo | to cleanse; a river in Gansu province |
| 眺 | tiào | to gaze, to look at; to scan, to survey |
| 窕 | tiǎo | slender; quiet, modest; charming |
| 铫 | yáo | hoe; spear; surname |
| 珧 | yáo | mother-of-pearl |
| 晁 | cháo | morning, dawn; surname |
| 祧 | tiāo | ancestral hall |
| 鼗 | táo | small revolving drum with knobs |
Words containing 跳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跳进黄河洗不清 | tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng | lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean; fig. to become inexorably mix… |
| 字节跳动 | Zì jié Tiào dòng | ByteDance, Beijing-based Internet technology company founded in 2012 |
| 跳大神 | tiào dà shén | (of a shaman) to dance and chant frenziedly in a trance, communicating with spirits or dei… |
| 高空弹跳 | gāo kōng tán tiào | bungee jumping (Tw) |
| 跳房子 | tiào fáng zi | hopscotch; to play hopscotch |
| 立定跳远 | lì dìng tiào yuǎn | standing long jump |
| 三级跳远 | sān jí tiào yuǎn | triple jump (athletics); hop, skip and jump |
| 波比跳 | bō bǐ tiào | burpee (loanword) |
| 单脚跳 | dān jiǎo tiào | to hop; to jump on one leg |
| 跳水 | tiào shuǐ | to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of… |
| 跳级生 | tiào jí shēng | student who jumps a year |
| 心跳 | xīn tiào | heartbeat; pulse |
| 跳马 | tiào mǎ | vault (gymnastics) |
| 跳动 | tiào dòng | to throb; to pulse; to bounce; to jiggle; to jump about |
| 三级跳 | sān jí tiào | triple jump (athletics); hop, skip and jump |
| 跳电 | tiào diàn | (of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip |
| 跳高 | tiào gāo | (athletics) high jump |
| 跳出 | tiào chū | to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly |
| 跳车 | tiào chē | to jump from a car (or train etc) |
| 心惊肉跳 | xīn jīng ròu tiào | lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster |