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Kotomora

踊

jump, dance, leap, skip

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes14

Readings

On'yomi

  • ヨウ

Kun'yomi

  • おど.る

Meaning

踊 centers on lively, rhythmic movement: jumping, dancing, leaping, or skipping. All the given meanings share the idea of energetic, upward motion.

Most common words using 踊

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  • 踊るおどる
    N4

    to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

  • 踊りおどり
    N4

    dance

  • 舞踊ぶよう

    dancing; dance

  • 盆踊りぼんおどり
    N1

    Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

  • 踊り子おどりこ

    dancer (usu. female)

  • 踊り場おどりば

    place for dancing; dance floor

  • 舞踊団ぶようだん

    dance troupe

  • 踊らされるおどらされる

    to be manipulated; to be made to dance

  • 会議は踊るかいぎはおどる

    conference with much socializing but little real progress; the congress dances (but doesn't progress)

  • 念仏踊りねんぶつおどり

    Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

  • 手踊りておどり

    "dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

  • 日本舞踊にほんぶよう

    traditional Japanese dance

  • 日本踊にほんおどり

    traditional Japanese dance

  • 歌舞伎舞踊かぶきぶよう

    kabuki dance

  • 歌舞伎踊りかぶきおどり

    early kabuki dance

  • 民俗舞踊みんぞくぶよう

    folk dance; ethnic dance

  • 民踊みんよう

    folk dance

  • 現代舞踊げんだいぶよう

    contemporary dance; modern dance

  • 田植え踊りたうえおどり

    refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month

  • 盆踊り唄ぼんおどりうた

    Bon Festival dance song

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Study

Etymology

踊 combines 足 (foot) with 甬, which likely contributes the sound and suggests a rising or springing motion. The character expresses leaping or dancing with the feet.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 足 means foot. The right side 甬 looks like a figure springing up. Picture feet bouncing off the ground in a dance or jump.

Reading mnemonic

For ヨウ, imagine a dancer leaping and shouting 'Yo!' with each jump: Yo! -> ヨウ, and the feet keep dancing.