Kanji N3

舞: dance, flit, circle

舞 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning dance, flit, circle, written with 15 strokes. It is read ブ (on) and まう, まい (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 舞台 (ぶたい, stage) and 見舞い (みまい, visit).

舞

Meanings

  • dance
  • flit
  • circle
  • wheel
Strokes15
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#655 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ブ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • まう
  • -まう
  • まい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 舞

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 舞台ぶたい

    stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.)

    JLPT N3
  • 見舞いみまい

    visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)

    JLPT N3
  • 仕舞うしまう

    to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to

    JLPT N3
  • 仕舞いしまい

    end; close; finish; termination

    JLPT N3
  • お見舞いおみまい

    visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)

    JLPT N4
  • 仕舞ったしまった

    darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

    JLPT N3
  • 見舞うみまう

    to visit and comfort or console

    JLPT N2
  • 舞うまう

    to dance (orig. a whirling dance)

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.