漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
舞: dance, flit
Also: circle, wheel
舛 carries the meaning · 丿 and 一 are drawn in
Three readings, and the words that use each
ブbu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 舞台ぶたいstage, scene or setting
- 舞曲ぶきょくmusical dance
- 舞踏会ぶとうかいball, dance
- 歌舞伎かぶきkabuki
- 日本舞踊にほんぶようtraditional Japanese dance
まうmau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 舞うまうdance, flutter about
- 見舞うみまうask after, visit (a sick person)
- 仕舞いしまいend, close, termination
まいmai · kun'yomi
- 舞まいdance [n.]
Also read -まう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)無 (sound) + 舛 steps, feet in convergent direction (meaning)
This character was coined to preserve the original meaning of 無, which is "dancing"; hence, the upper component also adds part of the meaning. A conservative variant is 𦨅.
Source: Wiktionary, 舞 (rev. 92201478), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Opposite feet (舛) + multiple motion marks. To use your "opposite feet" in a rhythmic, highly coordinated, and beautiful way—the literal definition of dancing.”
Connections
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wǔ
Same form: 舞 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 舞 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 舞 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.