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Translingual
Han character
躡 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+18, 25 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸十十 (RMSJJ), four-corner 61141, composition ⿰𧾷聶)
- tread, step on
- follow, track
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1236, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38009
- Dae Jaweon: page 1709, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3750, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8EA1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 攝
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*neːb, *ʔnjeb
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| 聶
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*neb
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| 鑷
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*neb
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| 躡
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*neb
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| 襵
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*nteb, *ʔnjeb
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| 懾
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*ʔnjeb
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| 囁
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*ʔnjeb, *njeb
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| 欇
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*ʔnjeb, *n̥ʰjeb, *ɦnjeb, *hnjeb
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| 灄
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*hnjeb
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| 顳
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*njeb
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| 讘
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*njeb
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *neb) : semantic 𧾷 (“foot”) + phonetic 聶 (OC *neb).
Etymology
Probably from the same word family as 入 (OC *njub, “to enter”) (STEDT); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Note: “to walk on tiptoe”.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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躡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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niè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nrjep ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nrep/
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| English
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trample
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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躡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9531
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Phonetic
component
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聶
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Rime
group
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盍
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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聶
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Old
Chinese
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/*neb/
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Definitions
躡
- to walk on tiptoe; to lighten one's steps
- to follow
- (literary) to tread; to trample; to step on
- (literary) to put on (shoes)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
躡
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
躡 • (seop) (hangeul 섭, revised seop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)
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