Meaning & readings
hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap
On’yomi チョウ
Kun’yomi は.ねる、と.ぶ、-と.び
Origin
The character combines the radical for foot or leg on the left, which signals that this word describes a movement done by the legs. On the right is a sound component that hints at the pronunciation without contributing to the meaning. Together, these parts create a character meaning to hop or leap — the foot element makes it clear the action involves jumping with your legs, while the sound component helps speakers know roughly how to pronounce the word.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 13
- Kangxi radical
- 157
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1716 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+08DF3