# 踏 — Step

Frequency rank 813 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 敵 (Enemy), less common than 児 (Child).

- On’yomi: とう
- Kun’yomi: ふ
- Radical: 足 Foot (Kangxi 157)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A foot on the left and a tsunami on the right — your foot steps into a tsunami puddle, each step splashing through floodwater.

In words:

- 踏む ふむ — to step on
- 踏切 ふみきり — railway crossing,level crossing,starting line,scratch,crossover
- 踏まえる ふまえる — to be based on;to have origin in

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