踊

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

足 meaning “foot” + 甬 sound ( yǒng )

Components 足甬

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
踊跃	yǒng yuè	to leap; to jump; eager; enthusiastically

Characters sharing the sound component 甬 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
甬 sound part	yǒng	path; river in Ningbo; Ningbo
通	tōng	to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
痛	tòng	ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
勇	yǒng	brave, courageous, fierce
涌	yǒng	to surge up, to bubble up, to gush forth
桶	tǒng	bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg
诵	sòng	to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud
蛹	yǒng	pupa, chrysalis
俑	yǒng	wooden figure buried with dead
捅	tǒng	to jab, to poke
恿	yǒng	to instigate, to incite, to alarm
埇	yǒng	the name of a bridge
勈	yǒng	brave