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踊

踊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

jump, dance, leap, skip

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウJHS
Kun (native)
  • おど(る)JHS
  • おどりJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音yong3
  • 한글yong
  • Hán-ViệtDũng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
足(あし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8E0A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𧾷甬

Words using this kanji

  • 踊りおどりdance
  • 踊り子おどりこ「おどりこ」の漢字表記。dancer (usu. female)
  • 踊り場おどりばplace for dancing, dance floor, landing (of a staircase), leveling off (e.g. in the economy)
  • 踊るおどるto dance (orig. a hopping dance), to be manipulated, to dance to someone's tune
  • 踊らされるおどらされるto be manipulated
  • 踊躍ようやく躍りあがること。leaping with joy, jumping about
  • 踊り字おどりじ文章の中で繰り返しがある時に代わりに書かれる記号。「いよ〱」「堂々」のように使われる「ゝ」「〱」「々」「〻」など。 踊っているような下手な字。iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character), ditto mark
  • 踊り手おどりてdancer
  • 踊らすおどらすto manipulate (someone), to make (someone) dance to one's tune, to lead astray, to make (someone) dance
  • 踊子草おどりこそうLamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
  • 踊り歌おどりうたsong performed while dancing, ballad
  • 踊り狂うおどりくるうto dance in ecstasy
  • 踊り抜くおどりぬくto dance away
  • 踊りだすおどりだすto begin to dance, to break into a dance
  • 踊り屋台おどりやたいfloat at a festival upon which one can dance
  • 踊り食いおどりぐいeating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving
  • 踊らせるおどらせるto manipulate (someone), to make (someone) dance to one's tune, to lead astray, to make (someone) dance
  • 踊り念仏おどりねんぶつBuddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
  • 踊り言葉おどりことばword consisting of (two) repeated syllables
  • 踊り明かすおどりあかすto dance all night, to dance until dawn

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-7
Four Corner
6712.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7d7.2
Heisig
1512
Nelson
4565