Hanja Analyzer
舞

舞 — mu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
춤출 무
Romanization
mu
English
dance, posture, prance; brandish
Mandarin
wǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ブ, ム
Japanese kun'yomi
ま.う -ま.う まい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#655 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
舛 (136, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+821E

How 舞 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 舞 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 無, 舛.

Korean example words with 舞

  • 무도舞蹈 Korean gloss: 춤을 춤
  • 무폭舞幅 Korean gloss: 춤추는 동작의 폭
  • 검무劍舞 Korean gloss: 칼을 들고 추는 춤
  • 쌍무雙舞 Korean gloss: 둘이 쌍을 이루어 추는 춤
  • 무선舞扇 Korean gloss: 춤을 출 때 가지고 추는 부채
  • 묘무妙舞 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 재주로 색다르게 추는 춤
  • 명무名舞 Korean gloss: 춤에 대한 기예가 뛰어나 유명한 사람
  • 군무群舞 Korean gloss: 여러 사람이 무리를 지어 춤을 춤. 또는 그 춤
  • 난무亂舞 Korean gloss: 함부로 나서서 마구 날뜀을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 무대舞臺 Korean gloss: 이야기의 배경이 되는 곳을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 원무圓舞 Korean gloss: 여럿이 둥그렇게 둘러서서 추거나 돌면서 추는 춤
  • 윤무輪舞 Korean gloss: 여럿이 둥그렇게 둘러서서 추거나 돌면서 추는 춤

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 舞

  • 舞台ぶたい stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production
  • 歌舞伎かぶき kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
  • 舞まい dancing; dance
  • 舞踊ぶよう dancing; dance
  • 見舞うみまう to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health)
  • 見舞いみまい visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health)
  • 舞台裏ぶたいうら offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
  • 舞うまう to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about)
  • 舞踏ぶとう dance (esp. Western style); dancing
  • 初舞台はつぶたい debut; initial stage appearance
  • 演舞えんぶ dance performance
  • 振る舞いふるまい behavior; behaviour; conduct

Other hanja read “무”

Other hanja with radical 舛

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