踊

See also: 踴

Translingual

Han character

踊 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口一弓戈月 (RMNIB), four-corner 6712₇, composition ⿰⻊甬)

1. leap, jump, dance

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1227, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37587
• Dae Jaweon: page 1699, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3711, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8E0A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋʔ) : semantic ⻊ (“legs”) + phonetic 甬 (OC *loŋʔ)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 踊 – see 踴 (“to jump upwards; to leap; to go up; to rise”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 踴).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

踊

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. dance

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu); ゆう (yū)
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)
• Kun: おどり (odori, 踊り, Jōyō)^{←をどり (wodori, 踊り, historical)}; おどる (odoru, 踊る, Jōyō)^{←をどる (wodoru, 踊る, historical)}