Kanji
N1 21 strokes Grade 8 freq #900

leap, dance, skip

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

foot ashi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts
leap; jump
making rapid progress; making great advances
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly
desperate; frantic
lively motion; throb
jump; leap
vivid; lifelike
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

leaping; jumping
to jump up; to spring up
dancing or jumping for joy

Example sentences

He is playing an active part in politics.

At seventy, he is still active.

There is a leap of logic in what he says.

My sister hit the jackpot!