蹑
niè

tread

蹑 躡 niè
to walk quietly adjective
To walk on tiptoe or move with light footsteps so as not to be heard; to sneak.
to tread
(literary) To step on; to tread on or climb up onto.
to follow
(bound form) To follow the tracks of; to tail or track someone, often used in 蹑踪 niè​zōng
treadle
(archaic) The foot pedal or treadle of an ancient weaving loom.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,665th most common 4.36 per million
Movie subtitles
4,071st most common 0.510 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.060 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.428 per million

Details
Traditional
躡
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+8E51

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)