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舞

JLPT N3 15 strokes Frequency: #655

Meanings

Dance, Flit, Circle, Wheel

Radicals

舛

Decomposition

⿱無舛

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand 舛 holding a fan

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 vertical top-to-bottom

7 vertical right-to-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 diagonal bottom-to-top

10 corner top-right-to-bottom-left

11 dot bottom-to-top

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

15 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ブ bu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

まい mai

ま ma

Words Using This Kanji

199 words total

Other (20 words)

遊女歌舞伎ゆうじょかぶき

harlots' kabuki

阿国歌舞伎おくにかぶき

Okuni kabuki

歌舞伎舞踊かぶきぶよう

kabuki dance

歌舞伎舞踊かぶきぶよう

kabuki dance

歌舞伎芝居かぶきしばい

kabuki play

舞台に立つぶたいにたつ

to appear on the stage

上方歌舞伎かみがたかぶき

kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style

江戸歌舞伎えどかぶき

Edo-style kabuki

舞い落ちるまいおちる

to flutter down

舞い散るまいちる

to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.)

仕舞うたしもうた

darn it!

仕舞うた屋しもうたや

store that has been gone out of business

仕舞たしもた

darn it!

死の舞踏しのぶとう

dance of death

舞台美術ぶたいびじゅつ

scenography

一人舞ひとりまい

dance performed by a single person

京舞きょうまい

traditional Kyoto dance

歌舞伎症候群かぶきしょうこうぐん

kabuki syndrome

舞手まいて

dancer

舞文曲筆ぶぶんきょくひつ

twisting of the truth in one's writing

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