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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

踊: jump, dance

Also: leap, skip

JLPT N214 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

足 carries the meaning · 甬 gives the sound

14 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 舞踊ぶようdance [n.]

おどるodoru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 踊るおどるdance [v.i.]
  • 踊り子おどりこdancer
  • 盆踊りぼんおどりBon festival dance
  • 踊りおどりdancing; dance
  • 踊り場おどりばplace for dancing; dance floor

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)足 legs, as 𧾷 (meaning) + 甬 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 踊 (rev. 87574902), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Foot radical + courage/throb (勇) = moving one's feet with great rhythm, courage, and spirit—the essence of dancing.”
From the 足 foot story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
足

Also built on foot (足)

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甬

Also built on 甬

踊 takes the 甬 family's reading, ヨウ (you).

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
踊 jump · 足
vs痛 pain · 疒
踊 has 足 where 痛 has 疒.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yǒng

Same form: 踊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
踊 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
踊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yǒng 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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