You Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Foot (zú)
践
Kangxi stroke count: 15
Page 1227, Entry 06
According to Compendium of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced jian (falling tone).
According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to tread.
Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety: Cultivate the self and tread upon one's words. Commentary: To tread means to step on.
Also according to Broad Elegant (Boya), it means to arrive.
Preface to Book of Documents (Shangshu xu): King Cheng campaigned eastward against the Huai Yi, then conquered Yan. Interpretation (Shiwen): To tread means to trample or possess.
Also according to Jade Chapter (Yupian), it means to walk.
According to Categorized Compendium (Leipian), it means to array.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bin: The bamboo and wooden vessels are arrayed. Commentary: Describes an orderly arrangement.
Also according to Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to trample.
Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety: Do not trample on sandals. Commentary: To trample means to step on.
Also according to Names and Meanings (Shiming): To tread means to damage; to cause something to be damaged or broken.
Also according to Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced jian (falling tone); according to Compendium of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced jian (falling tone). The meaning is the same.
Also, it is interchangeable with the character for good (shan).
Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety: If one acts on the day selected, one must do so with goodness. Commentary: The character for tread is read as the character for good. Commentary: To tread means good. This means that if the divination is auspicious and one acts, one must do so with goodness.
Also, it is interchangeable with the character for cut (jian).
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, Commentary on the Field Officer: Not cutting its category. Interpretation (Shiwen): Pronounced jian. Note: In the Record of Rites (Liji), Record of King Wen's Heir, it is now written as the character for cut.
