Chinese Character Wiki

躍

yuè

skip

Components
足 meaning component

足  Meaning component

zú, jù

  

foot

foot

翟 sound component

翟  Sound component

dí, zhái

  

surname

Evolution

躍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
躍 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
躍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
躍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
躍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

跃 (躍) 

yuè

skip, jump, frolic; to jump; to leap

Most common words with 躍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

活跃

active

跳跃

to jump

跃

to jump

飞跃

to leap

踊跃

to leap

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lewk

yak

yuè

leap, jump


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.1783% of movies

1963rd most common character in movies

1516th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Simplified

跃

Unicode

U+8E8D

Shuowen

“躍，迅也。从足，翟聲。”


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