踊 – Kanji details

Keyword

dance

Info

Frequency	Top 1200-1300
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 4
Heisig	1512
Readings	おど (96%) よう (2%) おどり (1%)

Composed of

𧾷

slender foot

甬

old bell

Mnemonic

In the rythm of an old bell on my slender foot I'm dancing.

Used in vocabulary (78 in total)

踊おどる

to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

踊おどり

dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)

踊おどり場ば

place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off

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Examples (95 in total)

俺おれはお前まえの手ての中なかで踊おどる人にん形ぎょうなんかじゃない。

I'm no puppet dancing in the palm of your hand.

楽たのしそうに踊おどっているようだ。

It seems they are dancing happily.

私わたしが踊おどれる場ば所しょはある。

There is a place where I can dance.