cuān​tiào

bound

蹿 cuān leap Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
foot
Sound component
cuàn run away

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

tiào jump

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
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

leap Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
Sound component
cuàn run away

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang