蹈 — Chinese character
蹈
dǎo
to dance, to stamp the feet
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Radical
- 157 ⾜ (Foot)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 足 舀
- Formation
- pictophonetic — foot; meaning component 足; sound component 舀
- Japanese
- 蹈 as a kanji
Common words with 蹈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舞蹈 | wǔ dǎo | dance (performance art); dancing |
| 舞蹈家 | wǔ dǎo jiā | dancer |
| 重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍) | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past |
| 重蹈 | chóng dǎo | (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) |
| 循规蹈矩 (循規蹈矩) | xún guī dǎo jǔ | to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention |
| 手舞足蹈 | shǒu wǔ zú dǎo | lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom); fig. to dance about |
| 赴汤蹈火 (赴湯蹈火) | fù tāng dǎo huǒ | lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any danger |
| 民间舞蹈 (民間舞蹈) | mín jiān wǔ dǎo | folk dance |
| 民族舞蹈 | mín zú wǔ dǎo | folk dance |
| 发扬蹈厉 (發揚蹈厲) | fā yáng dǎo lì | see 发扬踔厉 (fā yáng chuō lì) |
| 蹈常袭故 (蹈常襲故) | dǎo cháng xí gù | follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut; always the same routine |
| 高举远蹈 (高舉遠蹈) | gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo | to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray |
English words written with 蹈
蹈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 15.34
- Mencius 4A.27
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 9
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