漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
践: tread, step on
Also: trample, practice, carry through
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 足foot(meaning)
- 戋(sound)
足 carries the meaning · 戋 gives the sound
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 実践じっせんpractice; putting into practice
- 践言せんげんkeeping one's word
ふむfumu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 践むふむto step on; to tread on; to trample on
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the foot firmly planted on the earth! The top part is the sturdy leg, while the bottom shows the foot ready to take a bold step forward.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side践 tread · 戋
vs跡 tracks · 亦In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 踐 · jiàn
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 践. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 踐.
- Simplified
- 践 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 踐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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