Chinese

跑

pǎo
to run
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 1
  • TOCFL 3
  • radical 足
  • 12 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *bruː, *bruːɡ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

Compare Proto-Loloish *paw¹ (“to flee”) (Schuessler, 2007).

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English run.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • semantic loanEnglishrun “To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishrunnen
      • inheritedOld Englishrinnan “to run”
      • derivedProto-Germanic*rannijaną “to make run”
  • meaningChinese足 “foot”
  • soundChinese包 “to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up”

Related: Proto-Loloish *paw¹

Words built on it: 跑步

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