Memory phrase for the character: 跑
跑
Meaning
to run, to escape, race Pronunciation pǎo Explanation Left: foot 足 (= knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Mnemonic
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When the feet almost "wrap" themselves, you are running to escape. Radicals
足
foot
包
package, to cover, to wrap The upper part 勹 itself already stands for "to enwrap" Actually it is with a "snake" 巳, but simplified understood as a variation of self 己.
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Vocabulary
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起跑 qǐ pǎo
to start running; the start of a race
逃跑 táo pǎo
to flee from sth; to run away; to escape
奔跑 bēn pǎo
to run
空跑一趟
kōng pǎo yī tàng
to make a journey for nothing
白跑一趟
bái pǎo yī tàng
to go on an errand for nothing; to go on a wild-goose chase
白跑一趟
bái pǎo yī tàng
