yuè

jump

Components

Meaning component
zǒu walk

flee

Sound component
dí, zhái a kind of pheasant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeːwɢ

說文解字

踊也。从走翟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica