跳远
tiào yuǎn · HSK 3
jump
🏃 跳远 = jump + far
跳 (tiào) means jump; 远 (yuǎn) means far or distant. Together they name the track-and-field event where athletes jump for maximum horizontal distance.
跳 — foot 足 + 兆 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The foot radical 足 carries the meaning, since jumping is done with the feet, while 兆 (zhào) supplies the sound. Originally meaning 'to leap' or 'spring up,' it later extended to senses like 'skip over' and 'beat' (as in a pulse).
远 — 辶 (walk) + 袁 (phonetic)
远 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The 辶 radical (a walking/movement element) carries the meaning of going or distance, while 袁 (yuán) provides the sound. The traditional form 遠 shows this structure clearly; together they convey 'far' — a place reached by long travel.