踊 – jump, dance, leap

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1308 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 踊 means jump, dance, leap, skip. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おど.る (odoru). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 足 (no. 157).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	おど.る	odoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 足 (Kangxi radical 157). Components: 口・足・用・マ・止.

Words using 踊

踊るおどるto dance (orig. a hopping dance)踊りおどりdancing

Example sentences

なぜ彼と踊らなかったの？

Why didn't you dance with him?

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私のガールフレンドは踊りがうまい。

My girlfriend is a good dancer.

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Kanji with the same radical

足路踏躍跡践跳蹴躓跨

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