踏

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𧃌

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		踏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (沓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
踏	*tʰuːb
濌	*tʰuːb
錔	*tʰuːb
鞜	*tʰuːb
沓	*duːb
涾	*duːb
誻	*duːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tà, tā (ta⁴, ta¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ, ㄊㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tha̍p
• Northern Min (KCR): dā
• Eastern Min (BUC): dăk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thap / ta̍p / ta̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dah⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵daq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴
    • Yale: tà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ta
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹
    • Yale: tā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵/

Note: tā - used in 踏實／踏实 (tāshi) (Mainland standard).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daap⁶
    • Yale: daahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tha̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: tab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰap̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dăk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thap
    • Tâi-lô: thap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dap
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tap̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• thap/ta̍p - literary;
• ta̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dah⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ta̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵daq
    • MiniDict: dah^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²daq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /daʔ³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 踏
Mandarin	Beijing	/tʰa⁵¹/
	Harbin	/tʰa⁴⁴/ ～實 /tʰa²¹³/ ～步
	Tianjin	/tʰɑ⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂa²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂa²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/tʰa²⁴/
	Xi'an	/tʰa²⁴/
	Xining	/tʰa²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/tʰa¹³/
	Lanzhou	/tʰa⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/tʰa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/tʰa²¹³/
	Chengdu	/tʰa³¹/
	Guiyang	/tʰa²¹/
	Kunming	/tʰa̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/tɑʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/tʰɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/tʰaʔ²/
	Pingyao	/tʰʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/tʰaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/daʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/daʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/dɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/da²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/tʰaʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/tʰɔ⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/tʰa²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/tʰɒ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/tʰap̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/tʰɑp̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tap̚²/
	Nanning	/tap̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/tap̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tap̚⁵/ /taʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/taʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ta⁴⁴/ /tʰa²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/taʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔda³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thop

Rime
Character	踏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他合切
Baxter	thop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəp̚/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	踏
Reading #	1/1
No.	1915
Phonetic component	沓
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	錔
Old Chinese	/*tʰuːb/
Notes	見漢書，史記作蹋，說文段注蹋俗字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 踏

1. to step on; to trample; to tread on
2. to investigate onsite
3. (Cantonese) 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]  ―  quarter to
   • 踏半 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ bun³ [Jyutping]  ―  half past
   • 踏八個半字／踏八个半字 [Cantonese]  ―  daap⁶ baat³ go³ bun³ zi⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  around 42 past

References

• “Entry #11429”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

踏

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふむ (fumu, 踏む, Jōyō); ふまえる (fumaeru, 踏まえる, Jōyō)

Compounds

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

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Korean

Hanja

踏 • (dap) (hangeul 답)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 踏 (đạp)

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Compounds

• 車踏 (xe đạp)