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The character "跑" combines the foot radical ⻊ with the phonetic component 包, and it originally conveyed actions like pawing or scraping at the ground, particularly in animal contexts. Its meaning shifted over time from these specific motions to the general concept of rapid movement on foot, ultimately specializing to denote human running. The structure has remained consistent, with ⻊ semantically linking to feet and 包 phonetically guiding its pronunciation, which settled as pǎo in modern usage.
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他每天早上去跑步。
小猫从院子里跑掉了。
你能帮我跑腿买点东西吗？
那辆红色跑车开得很快。
他经常在外地跑业务。
为了找到答案，他跑遍了图书馆。
在成功之前，他只在剧组跑龙套。
这个月他需要为新的研发项目四处跑。