躍 – leap, dance, skip

21 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#900 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 躍 means leap, dance, skip. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヤク (yaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おど.る (odoru). It is written with 21 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	ヤク	yaku
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: ヨ・口・足・隹・止.

Words using 躍

活躍かつやくactivity (esp. energetic or successful)

Example sentences

仕事でご活躍ですね。

I see you're doing very well in your business.

Tatoeba #169173

元気で活躍していることと思います。

I hope things have been going well for you.

Tatoeba #175034

Kanji with the same radical

足路踏跡踊践跳蹴躓跨

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