The kanji 舞: meaning, readings and stroke order

舞

Meaning: dance, flutter
On reading: ブ bu
Kun reading: ま（う） mau、ま（い） mai
Strokes: 15
Radical: 舛 opposite
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: múa, bay lượn (vũ)
Japanese: まう。おどる。
Korean: 춤추다, 흩날리다 (무)
Chinese: 跳舞、飞舞

Readings, words and example sentences

ブ bu · on reading

舞ぶ台たい
stage
はじめて 舞ぶ台たいに立ちます。
I stand on the stage for the first time.

ま（う） mau · kun reading

舞まう
to dance (in the air), to flutter
花びらが風に 舞まいます。
Petals dance in the wind.

ま（い） mai · kun reading · less common

舞まい
dance
祭りで昔からの 舞まいを見ました。
At the festival, I saw a dance from long ago.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.