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践
🇨🇳

tread on

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
jiàn
セン
ふ.む
천
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (踐)
足 lower leg+ 戔 narrow =
踐 tread on
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
戔 Phonetic component
narrow
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Simplified (践)
足 lower leg+ 戋 tiny =
践 trample
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
戋 Phonetic component
jiān tiny
small, narrow, tiny, little
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Notes
Similar Characters
趴 prostrate oneself趵 noise of tramping feet趸 sell or buy wholesale (simp)趺 sit趼 callous skin on趾 toe趿 slipshod跂 crawling跃 skip (simp)跄 walk rapidly (simp)跆 trample跋 go by foot跌 slump跎 stumble跏 sit cross-legged跐 to trample跑 run跖 foot (simp)跗 the instep跚 stagger
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
践
Regular
Modern
Chinese
践 / 踐 [jiàn]
to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
实践 [shí​jiàn] #8,861
practice
践踏 [jiàn​tà] #12,499
to trample
作践 [zuò​jiàn] #36,456
to ill-use
践行 [jiàn​xíng] #21,054
to practice
勾践 [Gōu​Jiàn] #31,535
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
糟践 [zāo​jian] #47,944
to waste
践约 [jiàn​yuē] #57,506
to keep a promise
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 [shí​jiàn​shì​jiǎn​yàn​zhēn​lǐ​de​wéi​yī​biāo​zhǔn]
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
履践 [lǚ​jiàn]
to carry out (a task)
越王勾践 [Yuè​Wáng​Gōu​Jiàn]
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
実践者 [じっせんしゃ] #112,536
practitioner
KOREAN WORDS (1)
실천
practice; action