踐
jiàn

trample

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjenX[dz]a[n]ʔtread, trample
Zhengzhangzlenʔ
Unicodedzhiɛ̌n

說文解字

履也。从足戔聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

践 jiàn trample Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 踐.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode