# 躡

| 躡 | U+8EA1, &#36513; 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 6114$_1$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (nie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nip$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nih / nì / neeh / neh
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niè
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niè
*** Wade–Giles: nieh$^4$
*** Yale: nyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
*** Palladius: не (ne)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nip$^6$
*** Yale: nihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* 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 | nip$^6$ |
* 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

* 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

(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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