踊

See also: 踴

踊 U+8E0A, 踊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E0A ← 踉 [U+8E09] CJK Unified Ideographs 踋 → [U+8E0B]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		踊

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 𧾷 (“legs”) + phonetic 甬 (OC *loŋʔ)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 踊 – see 踴 (“to jump upwards; to leap”). (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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng (yong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung², jung⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yúng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ióng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ion

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³
    • Yale: yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung², jung⁵
    • Yale: yúng, yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung², jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung², yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ion
    • MiniDict: ion^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ioŋ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: yowngX

Rime
Character	踊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余隴切
Baxter	yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋX/
Li Rong	/ioŋX/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*loŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	踊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ yowngX ›
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/
English	leap
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	踊
Reading #	1/1
No.	15452
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勇
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

踊

1. to mount; to ascend
2. (historical) shoes for people who have had part of their foot chopped off

Compounds

• 屨賤踊貴／屦贱踊贵
• 擗踊
• 擗踊拊心
• 翔踊
• 踊貴屨賤／踊贵屦贱
• 躄踊 (bìyǒng)
• 騰踊／腾踊
• 髮踊衝冠／发踊冲冠

 

Japanese

Kanji

踊

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to dance
2. dance

Readings

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

Kanji in this term
踊
よう Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Affix

踊(よう) • (yō) 

1. to dance
2. to jump about; to jump up