踊
踊 — Jump
jump, dance, leap, skip
On’yomiヨウ (you)
Kun’yomiおどる (odoru)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 踊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舞踊 | ぶよう buyou | dancing; dance |
| 踊り | おどり odori | dance |
| 盆踊り | ぼんおどり bonodori | Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance |
| 踊る | おどる odoru | to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune |
| 踊り子 | おどりこ odoriko | dancer (usu. female) |
| 踊り場 | おどりば odoriba | place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase) |
Study notes
踊 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1308 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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