dǎo

stamp feet

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

舀 sound component

  Sound component

yǎo

  

to scoop up

Evolution

蹈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蹈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蹈 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
蹈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dǎo

stamp feet; dance; to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dào]

Most common words with 蹈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

舞蹈

dancing

重蹈覆辙

to repeat a disastrous policy

to tread on

手舞足蹈

hands dance and feet trip (idiom); dancing and gesticulating for joy

循规蹈矩

to act according to convention