舞

舞 (Kangxi radical 136, 舛+8, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人廿弓戈手 (OTNIQ), four-corner 8025₁, composition ⿱⿳𠂉卌一舛)

• 儛 𢷵 㵲 𤪕 䒉 躌 𦨂

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1008, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30342
• Dae Jaweon: page 1465, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 865, character 10
• Unihan data for U+821E

Historical forms of the character 舞
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maʔ) : abbreviated phonetic 無 (OC *ma) + semantic 舛 (“steps, feet in convergent direction”). This character was coined to preserve the original meaning of 無, which is "dancing"; hence, the upper component also adds part of the meaning. A conservative variant is 𦨅.

Perhaps related to Tibetan བྲོ (bro, “dance (noun)”), or related to 巫 (OC *ma, “shaman”) (Schuessler, 2007).

舞

1. to dance (move rhythmically)

   載歌載舞／载歌载舞  ―  zàigēzàiwǔ  ―  to sing and dance; festive celebrations

   • 孔子謂季氏：「八佾舞於庭，是可忍也，孰不可忍也？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孔子谓季氏：「八佾舞于庭，是可忍也，孰不可忍也？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Kǒngzǐ wèi Jì shì: “Bāyì wǔ yú tíng, shì kě rěn yě, shú bùkě rěn yě?” [Pinyin]

     Confucius said of the head of the Ji family, who had eight rows of pantomimes in his area, "If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?"

2. dance (performance art); dancing (Classifier: 個／个 m; 支 m)

   芭蕾舞  ―  bālěiwǔ  ―  ballet

   中國舞／中国舞  ―  Zhōngguó wǔ  ―  Chinese dance

   跳一個舞／跳一个舞  ―  tiào yīge wǔ  ―  to perform a dance

3. to dance with something in one's hands

   舞獅／舞狮  ―  wǔshī  ―  to perform a lion dance

   舞火龍／舞火龙  ―  wǔ huǒlóng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to wield; to brandish; to shake

   舞劍／舞剑  ―  wǔ jiàn  ―  to brandish a sword

5. (literary or in compounds) to fly; to flutter

   眉飛色舞／眉飞色舞  ―  méifēisèwǔ  ―  to beam with joy

6. (literary or in compounds) to play with

   舞弊  ―  wǔbì  ―  to engage in fraudulent practices

   舞文弄墨  ―  wǔwénnòngmò  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien) to mess with; to play with; to tease

   啲新仔畀同事舞到陀陀擰。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啲新仔畀同事舞到陀陀拧。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   di¹ san¹ zai² bei² tung⁴ si⁶ mou^5-2 dou³ to⁴ to^4-2 ning⁶. [Jyutping]

   The colleagues messed with the newbies big time.

   • 長透分一大兜事情舞著無結無煞 [Hailu Hakka, trad.]
     长透分一大兜事情舞着无结无煞 [Hailu Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2022, 愛客樂 [iColor], 來去尞

     chong teuˇ bun` rhid tai⁺ deu` sii⁺ cin mu´ doˇ mo gad mo sad [Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]

     always messed with by a bunch of things with no way out

8. (Cantonese, Hokkien) to fiddle with; to be busy with; to handle; to operate

   我舞咗半日都舞唔掂部麵包機。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我舞咗半日都舞唔掂部面包机。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ mou^5-2 zo² bun³ jat⁶ dou¹ mou^5-2 m⁴ dim⁶ bou⁶ min⁶ baau¹ gei¹. [Jyutping]

   I've worked on this for half a day, but I still haven't figured out how this bread machine works.

9. a surname: Wu

• (to dance):

• (dance): 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo)
• (to wield):

• (to flutter):

• (to fly):

• (to play with):

• → Vietnamese: múa

Shinjitai	舞
Kyūjitai [1]	舞󠄂 舞+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. dance
2. flit
3. circle
4. wheel

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)
• Kun: まう (mau, 舞う, Jōyō)^{←まふ (mafu, 舞ふ, historical)}、まい (mai, 舞い)^{←まひ (mafi, 舞ひ, historical)}、まい (mai, 舞, Jōyō)^{←まひ (mafi, 舞, historical)}
• Nanori: まい (mai)

舞(まい) • (mai) ^{←まひ (mafi)?}

1. a type of traditional Japanese dance consisting of simple and quiet movements

• 踊(おど)り (odori)

舞(まい) • (Mai) 

1. a female given name

舞 (eumhun 춤출 무 (chumchul mu))

1. hanja form^? of 무 (“dance, posture, prance”)
2. hanja form^? of 무 (“brandish”)

舞: Hán Nôm readings: vũ, vụ, vỗ, thủy/thuỷ

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