Taxonomy of meanings for 蹈:　　

  • 蹈 dào (OC: ɡ-luus MC: dɑu) 徒到切 去 廣韻：【踐也 】
    • CHANGE
      • vichangeable; shifting
    • DANCE
      • viactdance, engage in dancing
      • vtoNLIJI: dance to celebrate (something) 舞之
    • DROWN
      • vtoNjump into in order to drown oneself in
    • TREAD ON
      • vtoNtreat on
      • vtoNfigurativetread on (abstract object "Goodness")
      • vtoNintensitivehave the audacity to tread on; stamp on energetically (for example on a bow in order to fit a string);
    • FOLLOW
      • vtoNfigurativeto chase after NabLZ
      • vt(oN)(tread on the way) > to follow the contextually determinate NLZ
    • WALK
      • ASCEND
        • vtoNtread onCH
      • USE
        • OFFEND

          Additional information about 蹈

          說文解字: 【蹈】，踐也。从足、舀聲。 【徒到切】

            Criteria
          • TREAD ON

            1. The most current general word for treading on something is jiàn 踐.

            2. Dào 蹈 refers specifically to stepping on something with deliberate force or as the result of special courage.

            3. Tà 踏 refers to a quick and light stepping on something.

            4. Lu# 履 refers to stepping on something in order to walk over it.

            5. Niè 躡 refers to stepping or even trampling on something and typically focusses on this having an ulterior purpose and being very deliberate.

            6. Róu 蹂 and lì3n 躪 refer to treading on something in an unreglemented and inappropriate way, and the two words are often used together.

            7. Cù 蹴 seems to refer to demonstratively trampling on something.

          • DANCE

            1. There is only one common word for dancing, wǔ4 舞, and this focusses mainly to the movement of the arms.

            2. Dào 蹈 focusses mainly on the movements of the feet in dancing. Cf. 手舞足蹈 "dance with one's arms and dance with one's feet".

            3. Yuè 樂 is sometimes used to refer specifically to dancing accompanied by music.

            Word relations
          • Synon: (TREAD ON)履/TREAD ON Lǚ 履 refers to stepping on something in order to walk over it.