Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1716 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap

Kunyomi: は.ねる と.ぶ -と.び

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: foot

Examples

Onyomi Examples

チョウヤク jump, leap, skip, bound

チョウバ long horse (for vaulting)

ハンチョウ (physical) recoil

Kunyomi Examples

ねる はねる to jump, to leap, to prance, to spring up, to bound, to hop, to break up, to close, to come to an end, to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

飛ぶ とぶ to fly, to soar, to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop, to spatter, to scatter, to splash, to fly (e.g. of sparks), to hurry, to rush, to flee, to run off, to escape, to disappear, to vanish, to fade, to thin out, to break off, to come off, to fall off, to blow (of a fuse), to be sent out (of an order), to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.), to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.), to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.), to skip, to jump (e.g. of a conversation)