跳
跳 — Hop
hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiはねる (haneru)
Kun’yomiとぶ (tobu)
Kun’yomi-とび (tobi)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 跳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走り幅跳び | はしりはばとび hashirihabatobi | long jump |
| 走り高跳び | はしりたかとび hashiritakatobi | (running) high jump |
| 跳ねる | はねる haneru | to jump; to leap; to prance |
| 跳躍 | ちょうやく chouyaku | jump; leap; skip |
| 棒高跳び | ぼうたかとび boutakatobi | pole vault |
| 跳馬 | ちょうば chouba | long horse (for vaulting) |
Study notes
跳 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1716 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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