Memory phrase for the character: 跑

跑

Hanzi-Trainer

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
 
When the feet almost "wrap" themselves, you are running to escape.

Radicals

足 foot
包 package, to cover, to wrapActually with a "snake" 巳, but simplified understood as a variation of self 己.
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

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  

List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer