What 躡 means
It is a foot-action verb: to tread. 《說文解字》 glosses 躡 as 蹈, to tread, built from 足 for meaning and 聶 for sound. From that step, later dictionaries get quiet walking, following a trail, and joining the ranks: read the compound, not the character alone.
Is 躡 the same as 蹑?
Yes: 蹑 is the simplified form of 躡. The core verb is unchanged; only the writing system differs. Japanese references keep 躡 in 躡足附耳, a foot tap used as a discreet warning.
Who writes 躡
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Combination ideas
3Step quietly, or tap a foot as a discreet signal.
Follow a trail; track someone or something.
Move quietly and carefully.
Questions people ask
1Why does 躡 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 躡
- Also called
- 蹑
- Search it as
- 躡 · nie · 躡足 · 躡蹤 · 躡手躡腳 · tread · follow · track
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
躡CSS
\8EA1Pinyin
How to type 躡: type niè, then pick the traditional form.
Cangjie
Cangjie: RMSJJ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
躡
HTML hex
躡
CSS content
content: "\8EA1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%BA%A1
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.