Additional information about 躡
說文解字: 【躡】，蹈也。从足、聶聲。 【尼輒切】
- 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.