跑

to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #862 U+8DD1

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

足 (semantic, “foot”) + 包 (phonetic, bāo)

components: 足包

run · Heisig RSH #1049

wooden leg + 包 wrap

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 包

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 包 (bāo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
包 sound component	bāo	wrap, pack, bundle; package
胞	bāo	womb, placenta, fetal membrane
炮	pào	cannon, artillery
泡	pào	bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up
饱	bǎo	satisfied; to eat one's fill
刨	páo	carpenter's plane; plane, level
孢	bāo	spore
疱	pào	acne
鲍	bào	abalone; dried fish; surname
雹	báo	hail
庖	páo	kitchen; cooking, cuisine
狍	páo	a species of deer found in northern China
咆	páo	to roar
龅	bāo	buck teeth
匏	páo	gourd; musical instrument

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
长跑运动员	cháng pǎo yùn dòng yuán	long-distance runner
跑马山	Pǎo mǎ Shān	Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Sichuan
跑马地	Pǎo mǎ dì	Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)
中长跑	zhōng cháng pǎo	middle distance race
满嘴跑火车	mǎn zuǐ pǎo huǒ chē	(idiom) to have a glib tongue; to talk big
跑神儿	pǎo shén r	absent-minded; one's mind is wandering
跑马场	pǎo mǎ chǎng	racecourse
起跑线	qǐ pǎo xiàn	the starting line (of a race); scratch line (in a relay race)
跑马圈地	pǎo mǎ quān dì	rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
跑步机	pǎo bù jī	treadmill; running machine
接力赛跑	jiē lì sài pǎo	relay race
跑马	pǎo mǎ	horse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; (dialect) wet dream
小跑	xiǎo pǎo	to trot; to jog
跑电	pǎo diàn	electrical leakage
跑步者	pǎo bù zhě	runner
百米赛跑	bǎi mǐ sài pǎo	100-meter dash
跑分	pǎo fēn	(computing) to benchmark a computer, phone, CPU etc; (benchmark test) score; (sports) run …
长跑	cháng pǎo	long-distance running
跑法	pǎo fǎ	running style; racing technique
跑出	pǎo chū	to run out