Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "躍", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "躍", and master the standard way of writing the character "躍".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 躍
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "躍" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Definition of「躍」:
1. See "跃."
2. Verb: to jump.
Example phrases: "fly forward" (飞跃前进), "jump up" (一跃而起), "leap for joy" (雀跃不已).
Reference from the Book of Changes (易经): "Some leap into the abyss" (或跃在渊).
Reference from the Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海经): "There is a bird whose shape resembles a female pheasant with a human face; it leaps when it sees a person" (有鸟焉,其状如雌雉而人面,见人则跃).
3. Verb: to rise in price.
Reference from Han Dynasty writer Huan Kuan's "Discussion on Salt and Iron" (盐铁论): "When local officials indiscriminately conduct business, everything is collected; when everything is collected, goods leap in price" (县官猥发,阖门擅市,则万物并收;万物并收,则物腾跃).
Reference from the Book of Han (汉书): "Those who go against the rules to profit stockpile surplus to control market prices, causing prices to soar, with rice reaching ten thousand coins per stone and horses reaching a hundred gold per head" (而不轨逐利之民畜积余赢以稽市物,痛腾跃,米至石万钱,马至匹百金).