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)

tread, step on
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

to walk on tiptoe; to lighten one's steps
to follow
(literary) to tread; to trample; to step on
(literary) to put on (shoes)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

躡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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