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Chinese symbol for “jump”

跳
tiào
to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jump is 跳 (tiào), defined as: to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

跳 tiào
to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “jump”

WordPinyinMeaning
跳跃 (跳躍)tiào yuèto jump; to leap
蹦bèngto jump; to bounce; to hop
跃 (躍)yuèto jump; to leap
躜 (躦)zuānto jump
趵bàojump; leap

Related words

Other words that share a character with 跳.

WordPinyinMeaning
跳舞tiào wǔto dance
心跳xīn tiàoheartbeat; pulse
跳跃 (跳躍)tiào yuèto jump; to leap
跳动 (跳動)tiào dòngto throb; to pulse
跳出tiào chūto jump out; fig. to appear suddenly
跳水tiào shuǐto dive (into water); (sports) diving

See also: Japanese symbol for “jump”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.