跳

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to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

足 meaning “foot” + 兆 sound ( zhào )

Components 足兆

jump · Heisig RSH #1050

wooden leg + 兆 portent

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

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

Characters sharing the sound component 兆 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兆 sound part	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