Quick answer
踊 is the kanji for "Dance". Its reading is おど.る (odoru). This page includes example sentences and a stroke-order diagram.
Meaning
Dance
Also : Jump · Leap · Skip
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Readings
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
Trace the kanji stroke by stroke with a visual guide.
Stroke Order
14 strokes
Radicals
Memory Aid
The kanji 踊 represents 'JUMP'. Think of this shape as a picture representing the concept of jump.
On-reading: よう — remember this sound by associating it with jump. Kun-reading: おど.る.
Example Sentences
社交ダンスを習って、パーティーで踊れるようになりました。
しゃこうだんすをならって、ぱーてぃーでおどれるようになりました。
By learning ballroom dancing, I became able to dance at parties.
夏祭りで浴衣を着て踊りに参加したのが、楽しい思い出です。
なつまつりでゆかたをきておどりにさんかしたのが、たのしいおもいでです。
Wearing a yukata and participating in dancing at the summer festival is a happy memory.
Vocabulary using 踊
Grammar to study at this level
- [Noun] + に伴い～に伴い (ni tomonai) - Along with / In accordance with
- [Noun] + をはじめ～をはじめ (wo hajime) - Starting with / Including
- [Noun] + に応じて～に応じて (ni oujite) - According to / In response to
- [Noun] + から + [Noun] + にかけて～にかけて (ni kakete) - From...to / In the area of
- [Noun] + に限り～に限り (ni kagiri) - Limited to / Only
Last updated Jul 22, 2026
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