踏 Kanji – step
The Japanese kanji 踏 can mean step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment.
Meaning and Readings
How is 踏 read?
踏 has the onyomi reading トウ and the kunyomi readings ふむ, ふまえる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as tou, fumu, fumaeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 踏
These common Japanese words contain 踏. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 足踏み（あしぶみ） — stepping (in place), stamping (up and down), stomping, marking time (for a soldier)
- 踏まえる（ふまえる） — to be based on, to take into account, to build upon, to have origin in
- 踏み切る（ふみきる） — to take off, to jump, to leap
- 踏む（ふむ） — to step on, to tread on, to trample on
- 踏ん張る（ふんばる） — to brace one's legs, to stand firm, to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground)
- 舞踏（ぶとう） — dance (esp. Western style), dancing
- 雑踏（ざっとう） — hustle and bustle, throng, crowd, congestion, traffic jam
- 踏切（ふみきり） — railway crossing, railroad crossing, train crossing, level crossing
- 踏み絵（ふみえ） — fumi-e, fumie, tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample