跳
hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap
Readings
On'yomi
- チョウ
Kun'yomi
- は.ねる
- と.ぶ
- -と.び
Meaning
跳 centers on sudden, springy movement: hopping, leaping, or jerking upward. The splash, sputter, and snap senses are extensions of that same quick, bouncing motion.
Most common words using 跳
20 of 67- 跳ねはね
(a) jump
- 跳躍ちょうやくN1
jump; leap; skip; bound
- 跳ねるはねるN2
to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop
- 跳ね上がるはねあがる
to jump up; to spring up
- 縄跳びなわとび
skipping rope; jump rope
- 飛び跳ねるとびはねる
to jump up and down; to hop
- 跳ね返すはねかえす
to reject; to repulse; to repel
- 跳び箱とびばこ
vaulting horse; vaulting box; box horse
- 跳ね上がりはねあがり
jumping; jump (e.g. in prices)
- 走り幅跳びはしりはばとび
long jump
- 跳馬ちょうば
long horse (for vaulting)
- 棒高跳びぼうたかとび
pole vault
- 跳梁ちょうりょう
jumping about
- 跳弾ちょうだん
ricochet
- 跳ね返るはねかえる
to rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back
- 跳ね橋はねばし
drawbridge
- 跳ね返りはねかえり
rebounding
- 幅跳びはばとび
long jump; broad jump
- 三段跳びさんだんとび
triple jump; hop, step and jump
- 跳満はねマン
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
Study
Etymology
跳 combines 足 (foot) with 兆, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a sign or omen of movement. The character expresses leaping or springing with the feet.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is a foot 足, and the right side 兆 looks like a springy, bouncing shape. Picture a foot pressing down on a coiled spring and then leaping up.
Reading mnemonic
For チョウ, imagine a long-serving chief named Chou hopping over a fence: Chou -> チョウ, and his foot springs up.