TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
跳
跳 ＝ 足 ＋ 兆
ㄊㄧㄠˋ · tiào
verb — to jump, to leap
字源 FORM — what the parts do
兆聲zhào — gives the soundcrack-lines on a burned oracle shell
IFzhào → tiào — 兆's family walks two roads: 桃、逃、挑 take t, 兆 keeps zh
A foot (足) leaving the ground — to leap. 兆 zhào gives the sound, zh stepped over to t; its family walks both roads — 桃、逃、挑 beside 兆. The heart does it too: 心跳.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
腳（足）一蹬，人飛過水溝，落地已經在對面。
One push of the foot (足) and the ditch passes underneath — landing on the far side.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)跳、跳過— to jump, to leap常用
→心跳— the heartbeat — the heart's jump
→跳舞— to dance常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension