pǎo

(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

Radical: 足 HSK 1 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

跑 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 跑

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 跑.

乱跑
luàn pǎo
偷跑
tōu pǎo
助跑
zhù pǎo
吓跑
xià pǎo
夜跑
yè pǎo
奔跑
bēn pǎo
小跑
xiǎo pǎo
慢跑
màn pǎo
打跑
dǎ pǎo
抢跑
qiǎng pǎo
晨跑
chén pǎo
短跑
duǎn pǎo

Related characters (radical 足)

Characters that share the radical .

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