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跑 pǎo — “to run”

How to write and say the Chinese character 跑 (pǎo), which means to run — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Come & go.

Stroke order笔顺

跑 is written with 12 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

足 (foot) hints at the meaning, and 包 lends its sound — together they make 跑.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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