跳

跳 U+8DF3, 跳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DF3 ← 跲 [U+8DF2] CJK Unified Ideographs 跴 → [U+8DF4]

Translingual

Han character

跳 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一中一人 (RMLMO), four-corner 6211₃, composition ⿰𧾷兆)

Derived characters

• 𪴁, 𬵰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1226, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37533
• Dae Jaweon: page 1697, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3703, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8DF3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		跳
alternative forms		𨁓 𨃜 䟭 𨁔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 跳
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (兆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
挑	*l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ
洮	*l̥ʰaːw, *l'aːw, *lew
桃	*l'aːw
逃	*l'aːw
咷	*l'aːw, *l̥ʰeːws
鼗	*l'aːw
鞉	*l'aːw
駣	*l'aːw, *l'aːwʔ, *l'aːws, *l'ewʔ
𣂁	*sl̥ʰew
脁	*l̥ʰews
晁	*l'ew
兆	*l'ewʔ
旐	*l'ewʔ
狣	*l'ewʔ
鮡	*l'ewʔ, *l'eːw
垗	*l'ewʔ
姚	*lew
珧	*lew
銚	*lew, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws
恌	*lew, *l̥ʰeːw
烑	*lew
餆	*lew
筄	*lews
艞	*lews
佻	*l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːw
祧	*l̥ʰeːw
朓	*l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːwʔ
庣	*l̥ʰeːw
趒	*l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
聎	*l̥ʰeːw
眺	*l̥ʰeːws
覜	*l̥ʰeːws
頫	*l̥ʰeːws, *poʔ
絩	*l̥ʰeːws
跳	*l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
窕	*l'eːwʔ
誂	*l'eːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).

Etymology 1

Related to 超 (OC *tʰew, “to leap onto; to leap over; to surpass”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tiào (tiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tiao⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тё (ti͡o, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tiu³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiau¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): tieu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thiau / thiàu

  (Hailu, HRS): tiau^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tiau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): tiau³
• Northern Min (KCR): tiǎu
• Eastern Min (BUC): tiéu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tieo⁴ / tiao⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiô / thiô / thiàu / tiâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiao³ / tiou³

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵thiau / ²diau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tiau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴
    • Yale: tyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiaw
    • Palladius: тяо (tjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tiao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tiao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тё (ti͡o, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɔː⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tiu³
    • Yale: tiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiau³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tieu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɛu²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiau / thiàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiau / tiau^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tiau⁴ / tiau²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯au̯⁵⁵/, /tʰi̯au̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiau^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiau¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiau⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tiau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰiau⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tiǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiéu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɛu²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Nanri, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tieo⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ta̤̍u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieu⁴²/
  • (Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tieo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiəu⁴²/
  • (Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tiao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɐu⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô
    • Tâi-lô: tiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tio¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /tio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiô
    • Tâi-lô: thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰio¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰiau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tiau²⁴/

Note:

• tiô - vernacular (also written as 趒);
• thiô - vernacular;
• thiàu, tiâu - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiao³ / tiou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiàu / thiòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹³/, /tʰiou²¹³/
Note:
• tiao3 - Shantou;
• tiou3 - Chaozhou.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵thiau
    • MiniDict: thiau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰiɔ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰiæ⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /tʰiɔ⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²diau
    • MiniDict: diau^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /diæ²²³/
Note: ²diau - as in 跳腳／跳脚 (⁶diau₂-ciaq₇).
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: tiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 跳
Mandarin	Beijing	/tʰiɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/tʰiau⁵³/
	Tianjin	/tʰiɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/tʰiɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/tʰiɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/tʰiau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/tʰiau²⁴/ /tʰiau⁴⁴/
	Xining	/tʰiɔ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/tʰiɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/tʰiɔ⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/tʰiɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/tʰiau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/tʰiau¹³/
	Guiyang	/tʰiao²¹³/
	Kunming	/tʰiɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/tʰiɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/tʰiɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/tʰiau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/tʰiɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/tʰiɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/tʰiɔ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/diæ¹³/ ～腳
	Hangzhou	/tʰiɔ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/tʰiɛ⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/tʰiɔ⁴⁴/ 跛,～腳 /tʰiɔ³²⁴/ ～遠
	Tunxi	/tʰiu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/tʰiau⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/tʰiaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/tʰiɛu²¹³/ 趒
Hakka	Meixian	/tʰiau⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/tʰiɑu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tʰiu³³/
	Nanning	/tʰiu³³/
	Hong Kong	/tʰiu³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tiau³⁵/ /tio³⁵/ ～起來
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tʰiɛu²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/tiau²¹/ /tʰiau⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tʰiau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔdio³¹/ ～過 /hiau³⁵/ ～繩

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• Middle Chinese: dew

Rime
Character	跳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切
Baxter	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/deu/
Wang Li	/dieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːws/, /*l'eːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	跳
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tiào
Middle Chinese	‹ dew ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁew/
English	jump
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跳	跳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16887	16888
Phonetic component	兆	兆
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	糶	迢
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeːws/	/*l'eːw/

Definitions

跳

1. to jump; to leap; to hop
2. to pass over; to skip; to bypass

   跳級／跳级  ―  tiàojí  ―  to skip a grade

   我絕對不跳這麼好聽的OP。 [MSC, trad.]
   我绝对不跳这么好听的OP。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ juéduì bù tiào zhème hǎotīng de OP. [Pinyin]

   I will never skip such an awesome opening.

3. to beat; to palpitate; to pulsate

   心跳  ―  xīntiào  ―  heartbeat

4. to jump (into or from) so as to result in death

   跳河  ―  tiàohé  ―  to commit suicide by jumping into a river

   跳樓／跳楼  ―  tiàolóu  ―  to commit suicide by jumping out of a window; to jump to one's death

Synonyms

• (to jump): 蹦 (bèng)

Compounds

• 一跳八丈
• 上竄下跳 / 上窜下跳 (shàngcuànxiàtiào)
• 三級跳 / 三级跳 (sānjítiào)
• 三級跳遠 / 三级跳远 (sānjítiàoyuǎn)
• 亂跳 / 乱跳
• 仙人跳 (xiānréntiào)
• 佛跳牆 / 佛跳墙 (fótiàoqiáng)
• 兔跳
• 兩腳直跳 / 两脚直跳
• 出跳
• 嚇一跳 / 吓一跳 (xiàyītiào)
• 小醜跳梁
• 彈跳 / 弹跳 (tántiào)
• 心跳 (xīntiào)
• 心跳耳熱 / 心跳耳热
• 心驚肉跳 / 心惊肉跳 (xīnjīngròutiào)
• 心驚膽跳 / 心惊胆跳 (xīnjīngdǎntiào)
• 打跳
• 搭跳
• 撐竿跳 / 撑竿跳 (chēnggāntiào)
• 暴跳如雷 (bàotiào-rúléi)
• 東奔西跳 / 东奔西跳
• 歡蹦亂跳 / 欢蹦乱跳 (huānbèng luàntiào)
• 歡迸亂跳 / 欢迸乱跳
• 沒圈子跳 / 没圈子跳
• 活蹦亂跳 / 活蹦乱跳 (huóbèngluàntiào)
• 狗急跳牆 / 狗急跳墙 (gǒujítiàoqiáng)
• 直跳
• 眼跳
• 老魚跳波 / 老鱼跳波 (lǎoyútiàobō)
• 耳熱眼跳 / 耳热眼跳
• 肉跳心驚 / 肉跳心惊
• 臉紅心跳 / 脸红心跳
• 莽跳
• 虎跳
• 走跳
• 赴湯跳火 / 赴汤跳火
• 起跳 (qǐtiào)
• 𧿳𧿳跳 (phu̍t-phu̍t-thiàu) (Min Nan)
• 跑跑跳跳
• 跳丸
• 跳井 (tiàojǐng)
• 跳傘 / 跳伞 (tiàosǎn)
• 跳傀儡
• 跳傘塔 / 跳伞塔
• 跳出 (tiàochū)
• 跳出火坑
• 跳判官
• 跳劍 / 跳剑
• 跳加官
• 跳動 / 跳动 (tiàodòng)
• 跳咯噔兒 / 跳咯噔儿
• 跳塔輪鍘 / 跳塔轮铡
• 跳大神 (tiàodàshén)
• 跳天撅地
• 跳天索地
• 跳彈 / 跳弹
• 跳房子 (tiào fángzi)
• 跳投
• 跳接
• 跳擋 / 跳挡
• 跳月
• 跳板 (tiàobǎn)
• 跳枝兒 / 跳枝儿
• 跳架子
• 跳梁 (tiàoliáng)
• 跳梁小丑 (tiàoliángxiǎochǒu)
• 跳棋 (tiàoqí)
• 跳樑 / 跳梁 (tiàoliáng)
• 跳樓 / 跳楼 (tiàolóu)
• 跳槽 (tiàocáo)
• 跳機 / 跳机 (tiàojī)
• 跳橋 / 跳桥 (tiàoqiáo)
• 跳樹蛙 / 跳树蛙 (tiàoshùwā)
• 跳水 (tiàoshuǐ)
• 跳水池
• 跳河 (tiàohé)
• 跳火坑
• 跳火海
• 跳灶王
• 跳牆和尚 / 跳墙和尚
• 跳牆頭 / 跳墙头
• 跳牆驀圈 / 跳墙蓦圈
• 跳班 (tiàobān)
• 跳球
• 跳百索
• 跳皮筋兒 / 跳皮筋儿
• 跳神 (tiàoshén)
• 跳神兒 / 跳神儿
• 跳票 (tiàopiào)
• 跳空
• 跳竄 / 跳窜
• 跳箱 (tiàoxiāng)
• 跳籬騙馬 / 跳篱骗马
• 跳糠籮 / 跳糠箩
• 跳索
• 跳級 / 跳级 (tiàojí)
• 跳繩 / 跳绳 (tiàoshéng)
• 跳繩兒 / 跳绳儿
• 跳脫 / 跳脱 (tiàotuō)
• 跳腳 / 跳脚 (tiàojiǎo)
• 跳腳兒 / 跳脚儿
• 跳臺 / 跳台 (tiàotái)
• 跳舞 (tiàowǔ)
• 跳船 (tiàochuán)
• 跳號 / 跳号
• 跳蚤
• 跳蚤市場 / 跳蚤市场
• 跳行 (tiàoháng)
• 跳表
• 跳豆
• 跳起來 / 跳起来
• 跳跳躥躥 / 跳跳蹿蹿
• 跳踉 (tiàoliáng)
• 跳蹋
• 跳蹬
• 跳躍 / 跳跃 (tiàoyuè)
• 跳躍比賽 / 跳跃比赛
• 跳躑 / 跳踯
• 跳躥躥 / 跳蹿蹿
• 跳車 / 跳车 (tiàochē)
• 跳進黃河洗不清 / 跳进黄河洗不清 (tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng)
• 跳遠 / 跳远 (tiàoyuǎn)
• 跳遠兒 / 跳远儿
• 跳間 / 跳间 (tiàojiān)
• 跳閘 / 跳闸 (tiàozhá)
• 跳電 / 跳电
• 跳電臀舞 / 跳电臀舞 (tiào diàntúnwǔ)
• 跳鞋
• 跳風 / 跳风
• 跳馬 / 跳马 (tiàomǎ)
• 跳馬索 / 跳马索
• 跳高 (tiàogāo)
• 跳高兒 / 跳高儿
• 跳鼓陣 / 跳鼓阵
• 跳鼠 (tiàoshǔ)
• 跳龍門 / 跳龙门
• 蹦跳 (bèngtiào)
• 蹦蹦跳跳 (bèngbèngtiàotiào)
• 迸跳
• 連跑帶跳 / 连跑带跳
• 開口跳 / 开口跳
• 闇跳 / 暗跳
• 雞飛狗跳 / 鸡飞狗跳 (jīfēigǒutiào)
• 高空彈跳 / 高空弹跳 (gāokōng tántiào)
• 高空跳傘 / 高空跳伞 (gāokōng tiàosǎn)
• 鯽跳 / 鲫跳
• 龍跳虎臥 / 龙跳虎卧

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táo (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²
    • Yale: táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

跳

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 逃 (táo, “to flee”)

References

• “跳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), a04016
• “跳”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “跳”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 182.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 跳

跳

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}、とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: はねる (haneru, 跳ねる, Jōyō)、とび (tobi, 跳び)、とぶ (tobu, 跳ぶ, Jōyō)、おどる (odoru, 跳る)^{←をどる (wodoru, 跳る, historical)}

Compounds

• 跳躍(ちょうやく) (chōyaku, “a jump, a leap”)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 跳 (MC dew). Recorded as Middle Korean 됴 (tywo) (Yale: tyo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

跳

跳 (eumhun 뛸 도 (ttwil do))

1. hanja form^? of 도 (“jump”)

Compounds

• 도량 (跳梁, doryang)
• 도량발호 (跳梁跋扈, doryangbalho)
• 도약 (跳躍, doyak)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

跳: Hán Nôm readings: khiêu, khêu

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