Taxonomy of meanings for 踐:　　

  • 踐 jiàn (OC: dzenʔ MC: dziɛn) 慈演切 上 廣韻：【蹋踐慈演切七 】
    • ACT
      • vtoNfigurativeact on (one's words)
      • vttoN1.+N2behave according to (something N1) vis-a-vis (someone N2)
    • CONFORM
      • vichangecome to pass; be realised, come true (of dreams etc)
    • TREAD ON
      • vadNtrampled
      • vt(oN)omstep on, set foot on (with omitted object)
      • vtoNtread on; step on deliberately; HF: come to step on (as someone else's toe or LIJI 1.27 on a threshold); step on (so as to ruin or make ineffective)
      • vtoNpassiveget trodden on
    • WALK
      • viwalk
      • vtoNwalk to
    • ASCEND
      • vtoNstep up onto: ascend (throne)CH
    • FOLLOW
      • ROW
        • DESTROY
          • SUFFER
            • WEAR
              • = 淺
              • = 餞
              • = 跣

              Additional information about 踐

              說文解字: 【踐】，履也。从足、戔聲。 【慈衍切】

                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.

              • WALK

                1. The current general word for walking is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "stay put").

                2. Bù 步 (ant. zǒu 走 "run fast") refers to dignified slow pacing along.

                3. Mài 邁 refers to walking or (sometimes even with abstract subjects like time) moving forward.

                4. Jiàn 踐 focusses on the physical aspect of walking as stepping on something or walking across something.

              • GOVERN

                1. The general word for governing, administering or ordering things is zhì 治, old reading chí.

                2. Wéi 為, yǒu 有, yòng 用, lín 臨, lì 蒞, lǐ 理 are polite ways of referring to the government by a legitimate ruler.

                3. Nán miàn 南面, tīng zhèng 聽政, and the late jiàn zuò 踐祚 "ascend the throne and hold control" are polite ways of referring to the occupation of ruler's position by a legitimate incumbent.

                4. Zhèng 政 refers to the basically bureaucratic administration of a state, practical implementation of governmental measures.

                5. Shù 術 refers to the "philosophical" and political art of statecraft.

                6. Xiǎng 享 refers to government of a state as a privilege enjoyed by the legitimate ruler.

                7. Wàng 王 is the proper government of a state by its legitimate ruler, and term often has "idealising" nuances.

                8. Jūn 君 refers to de-facto government by a ruler without any idealising or approving nuances being implied.

                9. Zhuān 專 refers to the (often illegal or not entirely law-based) monopolising of power, and the word often has negative connotations.

                10. Xiàng 相 refers to senior roles in government bureaucracy other than those of the ruler.

                11. Sī 司 refers to administration on a scale below that of a state.

                12. Shǐ 使 refers to leadership, typically of the people.

                13. Mù 牧 refers to government as a paternalistic responsibility of the ruler.

              • INSTALL

                1. The general term for installing someone in a high position is lì 立.

                2. Fēng 封 refers specifically to installing a person in an enfeoffed position.

                3. Jiàn 建 primarily refers to the establishment not of a person but of the position itself; however, the word does occasionally refer to the establishment of a person in the position of a ruler.

                NB: Jí wèi 即位 and the rarer as well as more elevated jiàn zuò 踐阼 refer to the act of ascending the throne, i.e. to "being installed".