蹈

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to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dao4]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

足 meaning “foot” + 舀 sound ( yǎo )

Components 足舀

tread · Heisig RSH #2964

wooden leg + scoop

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
北京舞蹈学院	Běi jīng Wǔ dǎo Xué yuàn	Beijing Dance Academy
民族舞蹈	mín zú wǔ dǎo	folk dance
民间舞蹈	mín jiān wǔ dǎo	folk dance
手舞足蹈	shǒu wǔ zú dǎo	lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom); fig. to dance about; to express one's fee…
高举远蹈	gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo	to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above th…
舞蹈家	wǔ dǎo jiā	dancer
亨丁顿舞蹈症	Hēng dīng dùn wǔ dǎo zhèng	Huntington's disease
高蹈	gāo dǎo	to travel far
重蹈	chóng dǎo	(fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised)
蹈常袭故	dǎo cháng xí gù	follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut; always the same routine
赴汤蹈火	fù tāng dǎo huǒ	lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any da…
发扬蹈厉	fā yáng dǎo lì	see 發揚踔厲\|发扬踔厉[fa1 yang2 chuo1 li4]
亨廷顿舞蹈症	Hēng tíng dùn wǔ dǎo zhèng	Huntington's disease
舞蹈	wǔ dǎo	dance (performance art); dancing
重蹈覆辙	chóng dǎo fù zhé	lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led…
循规蹈矩	xún guī dǎo jǔ	to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; …

Characters sharing the sound component 舀 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
舀 sound part	yǎo	to ladle out; to scoop
稻	dào	rice plant; rice growing in the field
韬	tāo	sheath, scabbard, bow case
滔	tāo	torrential, rushing, overflowing