niè
tread
To walk 足 quietly 聶; 聶 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 躡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom) | ||
to follow | ||
to walk on tiptoe | ||
to follow along behind sb (formal writing) |
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