Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
723 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 15
Meaning: step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment
Kunyomi: ふ.む, ふ.まえる
Onyomi: トウ
Composition: 足 沓
Radical: 足
Meaning: foot
Reading: あし
Frequency: 580
Alternative forms:
踏破 (トウハ) travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot, walking (all the way) across, travelling through, hiking across, traversing, travelling all over (e.g. a country), visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
踏襲 (トウシュウ) following (a precedent, former policy, etc.), continuing with, sticking to, observing
前人未到 (ゼンジンミトウ) untrodden (region, field of study, etc.), unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
高踏 (コウトウ) highbrow, aloof, transcendent
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)
踏まえる (ふまえる) to be based on, to take into account, to build upon, to have origin in, to have one's feet firmly planted on, to plant oneself on