跳tiào
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跳
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Shuowen
跳 (tiào) is composed of the foot radical 足 and the phonetic component 兆; in oracle bone script the foot is depicted as a stylized hoof or footprint, while 兆 originally represented a crack or omen, together indicating a foot stepping across a gap, hence the meaning 'to jump'.
Pinyin
tiào· HSK 2