躲

duǒ

to hide

to dodge; to avoid

body (身) + sound duǒ (朵) = tuck your body away to hide

身 grounds the character in the body — the thing you tuck away or twist aside when hiding. 朵 mainly lends the sound duǒ and does not carry the meaning.

身+朵→躲
朵Flower clusterPhonetic
身BodySemantic

下雨了,我们快去树下躲一躲。

xià yǔ le , wǒ men kuài qù shù xià duǒ yī duǒ 。

It's raining; let's quickly go shelter under a tree for a bit.

他不想见那个人,就躲在房间里不出来。

tā bù xiǎng jiàn nà ge rén , jiù duǒ zài fáng jiān lǐ bù chū lái 。

He didn't want to see that person, so he hid in his room and wouldn't come out.

More characters with 身

軃躬躯射躺