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踐: to trample

By November 28, 2016January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

踐 [践] jiàn

adjective
: to tread; to walk on; to trample
: to fulfill (a promise)

Kun Reading

践む OR 踏む | ふむ fumu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to step on; to tread on
: to experience; to undergo
: to estimate; to value; to appraise
: to rhyme
: (Archaism) to inherit (the throne, etc.)
: to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

On Reading

セン sen

 Usage:

踐踏 [践踏] jian4ta4: to trample
[践踏 | せんとう sentou: trampling down]

踐踏了jian4ta4 le: to trample on

踐約 [践约] jian4yue1: to keep an promise; to keep an appointment; to honor an agreement; to practice economy
踐[践]行 jian4xíng2: to put into practice
實踐 [实践] shi2jian4: practice; to put into practice; to live up to (a promise); to carry out (a project)
作踐[践] zuo4jian4: to ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade; to ruin
履踐[践] lü3jian4: to carry out (a task)



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
実践躬行 | じっせんきゅうこう jissen kyuukou
: (yoji) acting up to one’s principles

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
(zu2: foot radical 157) suggests the meaning while
(jian1: small; narrow; halberd radical 62) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
践. Derived from generic character simplification rule #46 (戔 » 戋).



Semantic:
㣤 jian4: to tread upon; to trample



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary