蹈
to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dao4]
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Dict coverage rank #2,655 U+8E48
How 蹈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 舀 (phonetic, yǎo)
How to remember it
tread · Heisig RSH #2964
wooden leg + scoop
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 舀
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 舀 (yǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舀 sound component | yǎo | to ladle out; to scoop |
| 稻 | dào | rice plant; rice growing in the field |
| 韬 | tāo | sheath, scabbard, bow case |
| 滔 | tāo | torrential, rushing, overflowing |
Words containing 蹈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北京舞蹈学院 | Běi jīng Wǔ dǎo Xué yuàn | Beijing Dance Academy |
| 民族舞蹈 | mín zú wǔ dǎo | folk dance |
| 民间舞蹈 | mín jiān wǔ dǎo | folk dance |
| 手舞足蹈 | shǒu wǔ zú dǎo | lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom); fig. to dance about; to express one's fee… |
| 高举远蹈 | gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo | to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above th… |
| 舞蹈家 | wǔ dǎo jiā | dancer |
| 亨丁顿舞蹈症 | Hēng dīng dùn wǔ dǎo zhèng | Huntington's disease |
| 高蹈 | gāo dǎo | to travel far |
| 重蹈 | chóng dǎo | (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) |
| 赴汤蹈火 | fù tāng dǎo huǒ | lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any da… |
| 蹈常袭故 | dǎo cháng xí gù | follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut; always the same routine |
| 发扬蹈厉 | fā yáng dǎo lì | see 發揚踔厲|发扬踔厉[fa1 yang2 chuo1 li4] |
| 亨廷顿舞蹈症 | Hēng tíng dùn wǔ dǎo zhèng | Huntington's disease |
| 舞蹈 | wǔ dǎo | dance (performance art); dancing |
| 重蹈覆辙 | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led… |
| 循规蹈矩 | xún guī dǎo jǔ | to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; … |