踏

踏 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一水日 (RMEA), four-corner 6216₃, composition ⿰𧾷沓)

• 𧃌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1227, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37602
• Dae Jaweon: page 1699, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3716, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8E0F

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰuːb): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 沓 (OC *duːb).

踏

1. to step on; to trample; to tread on
2. to investigate onsite
3. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Teochew, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) Used before a number to indicate time, where the number is what the minute hand is pointing to on an analog clock.

   踏三 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ saam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  quarter past

   踏九 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ gau² [Jyutping]  ―  three quarters past

   踏正 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ zeng³ [Jyutping]  ―  sharp

   踏半 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ bun³ [Jyutping]  ―  half past

   踏七 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ cat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  35 minutes past

   踏八個半字／踏八个半字 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ baat³ go³ bun³ zi⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  around 42.5 minutes past

   八點踏四／八点踏四 [Cantonese]  ―  baat³ dim² daap⁶ sei³ [Jyutping]  ―  twenty past eight

4. (Hokkien, Teochew, Northern Wu) to ride (a bicycle)

   踏跤踏車／踏跤踏车 [Hokkien]  ―  ta̍h kha-ta̍h-chhia [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to ride a bicycle

5. (Hokkien) to indicate; to state clearly (one's opinion, behavior, etc.)
6. (Hokkien) to withdraw a portion from the total amount
7. (Mainland China Hokkien) to copulate; to mate (of poultry, livestock, etc.)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to appraise; to convert into cash

• (to step on):

• (to ride):

• “踏”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “踏”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 192.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to step on

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とふ (tofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たふ (tafu, historical)}
• Kun: ふむ (fumu, 踏む, Jōyō)、ふまえる (fumaeru, 踏まえる, Jōyō)^{←ふまへる (fumaferu, 踏まへる, historical)}

• 踏鞴(たたら) (tatara, “foot bellows”)
• 舞踏(ぶとう) (butō, “butoh”)

踏 (eumhun 떨어지는 소리 답 (tteoreojineun sori dap))

1. hanja form^? of 답 (“step on, trample, tread on, walk”)

踏: Hán Nôm readings: đạp

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• 車踏 (xe đạp)