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
跳舞
tiàowǔ
to dance
Characters in this word
舞 wǔ
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 舛 — mistaken
- Made of
- 無 no, not 舛 mistaken
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她会跳舞。 Tā huì tiào wǔ. She can dance.
- 我们去跳舞。 Wǒ men qù tiào wǔ. We are going dancing.
- 跳舞很开心。 Tiào wǔ hěn kāi xīn. Dancing is very fun.