run

Origin & mnemonic

The "run" radical (⾛) originates from a pictograph of a person with two legs in motion, with the two strokes on the left representing the moving feet. Over time the form simplified into its modern shape.

Mnemonic: The two strokes at the left of ⾛ resemble running feet in rapid succession—picture someone sprinting away.

• 越yuè🔊

  to exceed

  HSK 2

  12 strokes

• 超chāo🔊

  to exceed

  HSK 6

  12 strokes

• 趁chèn🔊

  to avail oneself of

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 趄jū🔊

  used in 趑趄[zi1 ju1]

  12 strokes

• 趋qū🔊

  to hasten

  12 strokes

• 趐xuè🔊

  (archaic) to enter

  13 strokes

• 趑zī🔊

  to falter

  13 strokes

• 趒tiáo🔊

  to jump

  13 strokes

• 趔liè🔊

  used in 趔趄[lie4 qie5]

  13 strokes

• 赶gǎn🔊

  to overtake; to catch up with

  HSK 3

  14 strokes

• 赵zhào🔊

  to surpass (old)

  14 strokes

• 趟tàng🔊

  classifier for times, round trips or rows

  HSK 6

  15 strokes

• 趡cuǐ🔊

  place name

  15 strokes

• 趣qù🔊

  interesting

  15 strokes

• 趦zī🔊

  variant of 趑, to falter

  16 strokes

• 趮zào🔊

  easily provoked, hasty

  20 strokes

• 趯tì🔊

  to jump

  21 strokes

• 趱zǎn🔊

  to hasten

  23 strokes