漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
跳: hop, leap up
Also: spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
足 carries the meaning · 兆 gives the sound
13 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 跳躍ちょうやくjump; leap; skip
- 跳馬ちょうばlong horse (for vaulting)
はねるhaneru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 跳ねるはねるto jump; to leap; to prance
とぶtobu · kun'yomi
- 跳ぶとぶto fly; to soar
-とび-tobi · kun'yomi
- 走り幅跳びはしりはばとびlong jump
- 走り高跳びはしりたかとび(running) high jump
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the foot firmly planted on the earth! The top part is the sturdy leg, while the bottom shows the foot ready to take a bold step forward.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兆
Also built on portent (兆)
跳 takes the 兆 family's reading, チョウ (chou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side跳 hop · 足
vs眺 stare · 目In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tiào
Same form: 跳 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 跳 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 跳 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tiào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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