跳挡
tiào​dǎng

slip gear

跳 tiào jump

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
兆
兆 Sound component
zhào omen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdewlˤew jump

說文解字

《說文》：“跳，蹶也。从足，兆聲。一曰躍也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

挡 dǎng obstruct Simplified

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
当
当 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

擋 dǎng obstruct Traditional

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 當; 當 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
當
當 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋʔ
taːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang