躍 – Kanji details

Keyword

jump around

Info

Frequency	Top 1100-1200
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 4
Heisig	1379
Readings	やく (76%) おど (20%) やっ (3%)
	おどり

Composed of

slender foot

broken trident

broken trident

old bird

Mnemonic

An old bird is jumping around on his single slender foot shouting "yo! yo! stop!" trying to avoid the broken tridents that the butcher's throwing at him.

Used in vocabulary (50 in total)

活かつ躍やく

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

跳ちょう躍やく

jump; leap; skip; bound

躍おどる

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

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Examples (13 in total)

彼かれは７０歳さいでなお活かつ躍やくしている。

At seventy, he is still active.

彼かの女じょの胸むねは喜よろこびに躍おどった。

Her heart jumped for joy.

会かい社しゃの利り益えきは飛ひ躍やく的てきに増ぞう加かした。

The company's profits soared.