躡
niè

tread

To walk 足 quietly 聶; 聶 also provides the pronunciation

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
聶
聶 SoundMeaning component
whisper

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
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Zhengzhangneb

說文解字

蹈也。从足聶聲。

Sources

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

蹑 niè tread Simplified

To walk 足 quietly 聂; 聂 also provides the pronunciation

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
聂
聂 SoundMeaning component
niè, zhé, shè whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode