Question

踊 おど.る 踊り(おどり): dance踊る(おどる): to dance (orig. a hopping dance) S 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear甬: road with walls on both sides 足 7 (none) jump The high jumper has his wooden leg fitted with a pogo stick, and can now jump even higher. (See my note at traffic (#1408) for pogo stick). EDIT (2 years later): Keyword "jump" leads to confusion later on (see cjon256´s post), "Dancing" would be better (but be sure to keep it distinct from dance (#1774)). New Story: I was no good at dancing due to my wooden leg... until I had it fitted with a pogo stick!

Accepted Answer

ヨウ jump, dance, leap, skip 2 1308 14 157 あし・あしへん 形声 Phonetic The winner of the long jump competition was disqualified when they found he used a pogo stick tied to his leg to jump further.

Kanji	踊
Onyomi	ヨウ
Kunyomi	おど.る
English	jump, dance, leap, skip
Examples	踊り(おどり): dance 踊る(おどる): to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1308
Components	足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 甬: road with walls on both sides
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	足
Radical Number	157
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	あし・あしへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	jump
Koohii Story 1	The winner of the long jump competition was disqualified when they found he used a pogo stick tied to his leg to jump further.
Koohii Story 2	The high jumper has his wooden leg fitted with a pogo stick, and can now jump even higher. (See my note at traffic (#1408) for pogo stick). EDIT (2 years later): Keyword "jump" leads to confusion later on (see cjon256´s post), "Dancing" would be better (but be sure to keep it distinct from dance (#1774)). New Story: I was no good at dancing due to my wooden leg... until I had it fitted with a pogo stick!

Jump Pogo Dance Leg Wooden Fitted I 踊