蹋
tà

step on

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot

foot

日
日 Sound component
rì sun
羽
羽 Unknown component
yǔ feather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdaplˤaptread on; trample
Zhengzhangdaːb
Unicodedhɑp

說文解字

踐也。从足𦐇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica