蹈
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dǎo · to dance, to stamp the feet

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17Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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足Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 蹈

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Example sentences

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Zhuōzi shàng yǒu yì běn guān yú wǔ dǎo de shū.桌子上有一本关于舞蹈的书。

There is a book about dancing on the desk.

Source: Tatoeba #1873013 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tīng shuō tāng mǔ bú huì chóngdǎofùzhé le.听说汤姆不会重蹈覆辙了。

I hear that Tom won't do that again.

Source: Tatoeba #9415373 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Kuí chéng wéi yí gè wǔ dǎo jiā.葵成為一個舞蹈家。

Aoi became a dancer.

Source: Tatoeba #819467 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ yí dìng yào què bǎo tāng mǔ hé mǎ lì bú zài chóngdǎofùzhé le.你一定要确保汤姆和玛丽不再重蹈覆辙了。

You have to make sure that Tom and Mary don't do that again.

Source: Tatoeba #9400952 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bù zhī dào nà zhǒng wǔ dǎo.我不知道那种舞蹈。

I do not know that dance.

Source: Tatoeba #5085547 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhī dào tāng mǔ shì gè chà jìn de wǔ dǎo yuán.我知道汤姆是个差劲的舞蹈员。

I know that Tom is a terrible dancer.

Source: Tatoeba #9419129 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 蹈 in context

  1. Say dǎo, then recall the core meaning: to dance, to stamp the feet.
  2. Write all 17 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 舞蹈 (wǔ dǎo), meaning “dance”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 蹈 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.