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

liáng, liàng, láng hop

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
Sound component
liáng good

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ
raŋ
raŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang