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躡
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蹑
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follow

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Movement
niè
ジョウ
ふ.む
섭
To walk 足 quietly 聶; 聶 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (躡)
足 lower leg+ 聶 whisper (iii) =
躡 follow
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
聶 Meaning component
whisper (iii)
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Simplified (蹑)
足 lower leg+ 聂 Nie (surname) =
蹑 tread
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
聂 Meaning component
niè Nie (surname)
whisper
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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
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
躡
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蹑 / 躡 [niè]
to walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on); to follow
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (16)
蹑手蹑脚 [niè​shǒu​niè​jiǎo] #34,740
to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
蹑足 [niè​zú] #60,508
to walk on tiptoe
蹑踪 [niè​zōng] #67,693
to follow along behind sb (formal writing)
蹑履 [niè​lǚ]
to wear shoes
蹑悄悄 [niè​qiāo​qiāo]
softly
蹑机 [niè​jī]
silk loom with a foot peddle
蹑登 [niè​dēng]
to go up
蹑脚 [niè​jiǎo]
to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
蹑脚根 [niè​jiǎo​gēn]
variant of 躡腳跟|蹑脚跟[niè​jiǎo​gēn]
蹑脚跟 [niè​jiǎo​gēn]
to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
6 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
招木 [まねき]
part of a loom