Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

躍: leap, dance

Also: skip

JLPT N121 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

足 carries the meaning · 翟 gives the sound

21 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヤクyaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 活躍かつやく
  • 飛躍ひやくleap; jump
  • 躍進やくしんmaking rapid progress; making great advances
  • 一躍いちやくsuddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly
  • 躍起やっきdesperate; frantic; excited
  • 躍動やくどうlively motion; throb
  • 跳躍ちょうやくjump; leap; skip

おどるodoru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 躍りおどりleaping; jumping; spring

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)足 foot (meaning) + 翟 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 躍 (rev. 93380111), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Foot (足) + laundry/flutter (翟). Imagine the quick, fluttering motion of legs as someone leaps high into the air with grace.”
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)

All 11
翟

Also built on 翟

The 翟 family reads タク (taku); 躍 is read ヤク.

Also read ヤク

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
躍 leap · 足
vs耀 shine · 光
躍 has 足 where 耀 has 光.
In ChineseSimplified 跃 · traditional, as in Japanese · yuè

Japan keeps the traditional form 躍; mainland China simplifies it to 跃.

Simplified
跃 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
躍 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yuè 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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