跳 tiào
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- Made of
- 足 foot 兆 omen
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
跳高
tiàogāo
high jump
Characters in this word
高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他练跳高。 Tā liàn tiào gāo. He practices high jump.
- 跳高很有趣。 Tiào gāo hěn yǒu qù. High jump is very interesting.
- 我喜欢跳高。 Wǒ xǐ huan tiào gāo. I like high jump.