投奔
toú bèn · HSK 7
to seek asylum
🏃🏠 投 cast-oneself + 奔 run-toward = run and throw yourself toward someone for shelter
投 means to cast or throw oneself; 奔 means to run or rush. Together: you rush and fling yourself toward a person or place for refuge or asylum.
投 — hand radical 扌 + weapon 殳
Originally a pictograph of a hand (扌) throwing or hurling a weapon or staff (殳). The core meaning 'to throw, cast, hurl' extended over time to figurative senses like 'to invest,' 'to deliver,' or 'to throw oneself into' something.
奔 — 大 (person) over 卉 (originally three 止 'feet')
Originally a pictograph of a person (大) running with multiple feet (three 止) shown below to convey rapid motion. Over time the feet were simplified into the form 卉. The character means to run fast, rush, or hurry.