跳 Hop

Radical Combination

• 足

  Foot
• 兆

  Omen

Meaning

Primary

Hop

Mnemonic

Your foot heard an omen and now it's making you hop over things.

Hints

Imagine your foot hearing this omen, "If you step on a crack, you'll break your mother's back." Now your foot hops over all of the tiny cracks in the street and the sidewalk and you look really silly.

Readings

On’yomi

ちょう

Kun’yomi

と, は

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

As you hop you start to hear an awful scream coming down the street. It's Mrs. Chou (ちょう) and she's running straight for you yelling, "STEP ON MY STREET'S CRACKS! STOP HOPPING OR YOUR MOTHER WILL NEVER BREAK HER BACK!"

Hints

Now you're hopping away in fear from Mrs. Chou!