dǎo
stamp feet
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 舀 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蹈
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
dancing | ||
to repeat a disastrous policy | ||
to tread on | ||
hands dance and feet trip (idiom); dancing and gesticulating for joy | ||
to act according to convention |
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