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蹈

dǎo

stamp feet

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 舀 represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

足  Meaning component

zú, jù

  

foot

舀 sound component

舀  Sound component

yǎo

  

to scoop up

Evolution

蹈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蹈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蹈 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
蹈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蹈  

dǎo

stamp feet; dance; to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dào]

Most common words with 蹈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

舞蹈

dancing

重蹈覆辙

to repeat a disastrous policy

蹈

to tread on

手舞足蹈

hands dance and feet trip (idiom); dancing and gesticulating for joy

循规蹈矩

to act according to convention

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 10.7641% of movies

1237th most common character in movies

2659th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+8E48

Shuowen

“蹈，踐也。从足，舀聲。”


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