蹋 (tà) · to step on; to tread on; to trample

Meanings

1 to step on; to tread on; to trample

Characters

蹋

tà

to step on; trample

Examples

HSK 5

他变得糟蹋，什么都不在乎了。

Tā biàn de zāotà, shénme dōu búzàihu le.

He had let himself go and stopped caring about anything.

HSK 5

不要糟蹋粮食。

Búyào zāotà liángshi.

Don't waste food.

Tips

usage

蹋 is essentially a variant of 踏 (to tread). In modern use it appears mainly in 糟蹋 (to waste or ruin), literally to trample something underfoot.

Components

radical

足 zú

foot; leg

The foot radical (left-side form) gives the meaning directly: 蹋 is action done with the feet, stepping and trampling.

phonetic

日 rì

sun; day

The top of the right side; together with 羽 below it forms the phonetic portion supplying the reading, with no meaning input.

phonetic

羽 yǔ

feather; wing

Sits beneath 日 on the right and completes the sound element of the character; the feather sense plays no part in the meaning "to tread."

Stroke Order

蹋 tà

Related Words

糟蹋 zāotà HSK 7-9 #11,656

to waste / to spoil / to ruin / to insult

踏 tà HSK 7-9 #3,288

to step on; to tread on / to trample; to stamp

踩 cǎi HSK 6 #2,334

to step on; to tread on / to trample; to stamp on

迈 mài HSK 6 #6,825

to step / to stride / to take a step

步步 bùbù #11,893

step by step / at every step

践踏 jiàntà HSK 7-9 #12,499

to trample; to tread on / to violate; to trample on (rights, dignity)

趟 tāng #1,755

to wade (through water, mud, or tall grass) / to trample (a path) / to turn the soil (with a plow or hoe)

退后 tuìhòu #2,291

to step back / to retreat / to move backward

环节 huánjié HSK 5 #3,797

link; segment; part (of a process) / step; phase; stage

后退 hòutuì HSK 6 #3,719

to retreat; to step back; to move backward