Memory phrase for the Kanji: 踏
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踏 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning
| to tread on, to stamp, to press a pedal
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Pronunciation |
tà |
Explanation |
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: many 沓 (water 水, sun 日 [here: sun 日 as 吕 = stones lying next to each other]) |
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The foot can step into water or if there is a way of aligned stones to: tread on.
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Radicals
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足
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foot | |
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水
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water | |
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日
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sun, day | This radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 踏板 |
tà bǎn |
a pedal (in a car, on a piano etc); treadle; footstool; footrest; footboard |
| 践踏 |
jiàn tà |
to trample |
| 踏实 |
tā shi |
practical; down-to-earth; realistic; firmly based; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety |
| 踩踏 |
cǎi tà |
to trample on |
| 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 |
tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu |
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily |
| 步罡踏斗 |
bù gāng tà dǒu |
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) |
| 步斗踏罡 |
bù dǒu tà gāng |
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) |
| 步斗踏罡 |
bù dǒu tà gāng |
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