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躍 — kanji meaning “leap”

leap, dance, skip

Meanings
leap, dance, skip
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
21
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#900 of 2,500
Classical radical
157
Chinese reading
yuè — Chinese character page

Words with 躍

WordReadingMeaning
かつやく katsuyakuactivity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation
ひやく hiyakuleap; jump
やくしん yakushinmaking rapid progress; making great advances; rush
ちょうやく chouyakujump; leap; skip
いちやく ichiyakusuddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately
やくどう yakudoulively motion; throb
やっき yakkidesperate; frantic; excited
あんやく an'yakusecret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
おどり odorileaping; jumping; spring
やくじょ yakujovivid; lifelike; graphic
おどる odoruto jump up; to spring up; to leap
こおどり koodoridancing or jumping for joy

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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