躡

See also: 蹑

躡 U+8EA1, 躡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EA1 ← 躠 [U+8EA0] CJK Unified Ideographs 躢 → [U+8EA2]

Translingual

Han character

躡 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+18, 25 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸十十 (RMSJJ), four-corner 6114₁, composition ⿰𧾷聶)

1. tread, step on
2. follow, track

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1236, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38009
• Dae Jaweon: page 1709, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3750, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8EA1

Chinese

trad.		躡
simp.		蹑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (聶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
攝	*neːb, *ʔnjeb
聶	*neb
鑷	*neb
躡	*neb
襵	*nteb, *ʔnjeb
懾	*ʔnjeb
囁	*ʔnjeb, *njeb
欇	*ʔnjeb, *n̥ʰjeb, *ɦnjeb, *hnjeb
灄	*hnjeb
顳	*njeb
讘	*njeb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *neb) : semantic 𧾷 (“foot”) + phonetic 聶 (OC *neb).

Etymology

Probably from the same word family as 入 (OC *njub, “to enter”) (STEDT); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nip⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nih / nì / neeh / neh

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niè
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴
    • Yale: nyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
    • Palladius: не (ne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nip⁶
    • Yale: nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nih
    • Tâi-lô: nih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nĩʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nì
    • Tâi-lô: nì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: neeh
    • Tâi-lô: neeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɛ̃ʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: neh
    • Tâi-lô: neh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: neq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nẽʔ³²/

Note: “to walk on tiptoe”.

---

• Middle Chinese: nrjep

Rime
Character	躡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	葉 (156)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼輒切
Baxter	nrjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjiap̚/
Li Rong	/njɛp̚/
Wang Li	/nĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nip6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nrep/

  (Zhengzhang): /*neb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	躡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niè
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjep ›
Old Chinese	/*nrep/
English	trample
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躡
Reading #	1/1
No.	9531
Phonetic component	聶
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聶
Old Chinese	/*neb/

Definitions

躡

1. to walk on tiptoe; to lighten one's steps
2. to follow
3. (literary) to tread; to trample; to step on
4. (literary) to put on (shoes)

Compounds

• 躡影追風／蹑影追风
• 躡手躡腳／蹑手蹑脚 (nièshǒunièjiǎo)
• 躡景／蹑景
• 躡景追飛／蹑景追飞
• 躡足／蹑足
• 躡足潛蹤／蹑足潜踪
• 躡足附耳／蹑足附耳
• 躡跤尖／蹑跤尖 (Hokkien)
• 躡跤尾／蹑跤尾 (Hokkien)
• 躡蹀／蹑蹀 (nièdié)
• 躡蹤／蹑踪
• 躡蹻擔簦／蹑跷担簦
• 追蹤躡跡／追踪蹑迹
• 追風躡影／追风蹑影

 

Japanese

Kanji

躡

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō)
• Kun: ふむ (fumu)

Korean

Hanja

躡 • (seop) (hangeul 섭, revised seop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.