逃跑 (táo pǎo)

Character breakdown

• 逃 (táo) · 9 strokes

  Originally written as 兆, a pictograph of two people escaping a flood. The 辶 (walk) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

• 跑 (páo) · 12 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.