跑

跑 · pǎo

run, flee, leave in hurry

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

run, flee, leave in hurry

Mandarin
pǎo
Cantonese
paau2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 跑 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

ハクバクビョウホウホクボク

Kun’yomi · hiragana

あがくはしる

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

ハク バク ビョウ ホウ ホク ボク あがく はしる

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8DD1
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
12 · Unihan
Residual
5

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

12 strokes
跑
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰𧾷包(GHTKP)
⿰𧾷⿹勹巳(J)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 跑

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Sentence context · 1 matches

Written-form matches; sense and pronunciation are not automatically aligned. Corpus & selection ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
baew · 薄交 反切 · #701
Middle Chinese
baewk · 蒲角 反切 · #3272

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 5679 · baew = 效開二平肴並 · baewk = 江開二入江並

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
pǎo
kCantonese
paau2
kDefinition
run, flee, leave in hurry
kTotalStrokes
12
kRSUnicode
157.5
kGradeLevel
1
kTGH
2013:2631

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
páo,bó,pǎo 63697.120
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
páo 0856.070 · pǎo 0856.100
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
páo 277.060 · pǎo 277.070
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
pǎo粵paau2 páo粵paau4
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Explore 1 example using 跑 ↗

Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
97dictionary records using 跑0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
𧾷 beside 包 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰𧾷包$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 97 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷包$(GHTKP)

^⿰𧾷⿹勹巳$(J)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.