footpath

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

奚 sound component

  Sound component

  

where? what? how? why?

Evolution

蹊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

footpath, trail; track

 

footpath

Most common words with 蹊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蹊跷

odd

另辟蹊径

to find an alternative

独辟蹊径

to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality

蹊径

path

footpath