cuān

leap

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

窜 sound component

  Sound component

cuàn

  

run away

Evolution

蹿 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
蹿 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

蹿 () 

cuān

leap; to jump; to spurt out; to leap up; (coll.) to gush out

Most common words with 蹿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蹿

to leap up

蹿跳

to bound forward

蹿腾

to jump about wildly (coll.)

蹿房越脊

lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)

蹿蹦

to jump up