Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: tread, step on, trample, practice, carry through

Kunyomi: ふ.む

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: foot

Examples

Onyomi Examples

センゲン keeping one's word

センソ accession (to the throne)

リセン implementation, carrying out, practice

Kunyomi Examples

踏む ふむ to step on, to tread on, to trample on, to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil), to stand on, to visit, to experience, to undergo, to follow (rules, principles, etc.), to go through (e.g. formalities), to complete, to estimate, to guess, to judge, to value, to appraise, to rhyme, to succeed to (e.g. the throne)