Memory phrase for the character: 踊

踊

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Meaning

dance

Pronunciation

YŌ
odoru

Explanation

 Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: var. of pass 通 The bent マ person uses/needs 用 movement 辶 for passing/ commuting.)

Mnemonic
 
The foot of the bent person is used when: dancing.

Radicals

足 footIt shows at the top a kneecap 口 and at the bottom a foot-print 止.
マ bend person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending 卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
用 useThe radical mochiiru shows originally the picture of a fence.




 Vocabulary

踊り おどり  dance
踊る おどる  to dance

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