踩踏 cǎità trample Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 踩 cǎi step on Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound. Simplified form of 跴. Components 足 足 Meaning component zú foot 采 采 Sound component cǎi gather, pick Sources Readings & variants Unicode 踏 tà, tā step on Components 足 足 Meaning component zú foot foot 沓 沓 Sound component dá, tà crowded, repeated Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangtʰuːbUnicodetop Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang