躍
yuè

skip

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot

foot

翟
翟 Sound component
dí, zhái a kind of pheasant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyaklewkleap, jump
Zhengzhanglewɢ
Unicodeiɑk

說文解字

迅也。从足翟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

跃 yuè skip Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 夭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 躍.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
夭
夭 Sound component
yāo, wò, wāi die young

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode