King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

踊 — kanji meaning “jump”

jump, dance, leap, skip

Meanings
jump, dance, leap, skip
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
14
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#1308 of 2,500
Classical radical
157
Chinese reading
yǒng — Chinese character page

Words with 踊

WordReadingMeaning
おどり odoridancing; dance
ぼんおどり bon'odoriBon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
ぶよう buyoudancing; dance
おどりば odoribaplace for dancing; dance floor
おどる odoruto dance (orig. a hopping dance)
おどりこ odorikodancer (usu. female)
ぶようだん buyoudandance troupe
くみおどり kumiodorikumi odori; traditional Ryūkyūan dance style
おどりねんぶつ odorinenbutsuBuddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
おどりくるう odorikuruuto dance in ecstasy
おどりじ odorijiiteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); repetition sign; ditto mark
ようやく youyakuleaping with joy; jumping about

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