# 跳 leap up

足 (foot/ be enough) + 兆 (omen) Same-ON
★☆☆☆☆
13 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

CHOU |

## Mnemonic

| When Margaret CHOU taps her foot, it 's an omen that she is about to leap upon her prey.

## Kunyomi

( を ) と＊ぶ | something jumps up and down. ★★☆☆☆
( が ) は＊ねる | something bounds really far, like lice! KANA ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

縄跳び(なわとび) | jump rope ★☆☆☆☆ 縄 (rope) + 跳 (leap up) = 縄跳び (jump rope)
跳躍(ちょうやく) する | to jump horizontally ★☆☆☆☆ 跳 (leap up) + 躍 (jump) = 跳躍 (to jump horizontally) to jump horizontally, as in the Olympic long jump.

## Synonyms

bounce, leap 飛躍 躍る はずむ 飛び出す 跳躍