跳 means “jump, spring”

とぶ · tobu

Also: hop, leap up, jerk

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はねる, とぶ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チョウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A foot (⻊) beside 兆, the cracks of an omen spreading out: picture feet springing off in every direction. 跳ぶ is to jump off the ground, as in 縄跳び, jump rope, or the 跳び箱 vaulting box of every Japanese gym class.

Used in 跳ぶ (tobu, to jump), 縄跳び (nawatobi, jump rope), and 跳ねる (haneru, to bounce/splash)

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• 揺 shake
• 滑 slide
• 屈 bend
• 翻 flip
• 践 put into practice

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.