Chinese Character Wiki

蹑

niè

tread

To walk 足 quietly 聂; 聂 also provides the pronunciation

Components
足 meaning component

足  Meaning component

zú, jù

  

foot

聂 sound,meaning component

聂  Sound Meaning component

niè

  

whisper

Evolution

蹑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蹑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
蹑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

蹑 (躡) 

niè

tread, step on; follow, track; to walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on); to follow

Most common words with 蹑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蹑手蹑脚

to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)

蹑

to follow

蹑足

to walk on tiptoe

蹑踪

to follow along behind sb (formal writing)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3665th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Traditional

躡

Unicode

U+8E51


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