Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
Variants:
jump, dance, leap, skip
Kun:
おど.る
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1308 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 踊躍 【ヨウヤク】 leaping with joy, jumping about
  • 現代舞踊 【ゲンダイブヨウ】 contemporary dance, modern dance
  • 歌舞伎舞踊 【カブキブヨウ】 kabuki dance

Kun reading compounds

  • 踊る 【おどる】 to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
  • 踊る阿呆に見る阿呆 【おどるあほうにみるあほう】 you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong3
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • bailar
  • saltar
  • brincar
  • baile

Portuguese

  • salto
  • dança
  • saltar
  • pular

French

  • danser
  • saut
  • bond
  • sautiller
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3753 2001 Kanji
7d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
6712.7 Four corner code
1-45-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
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