TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
踐
踐 ＝ 足 ＋ 戔
ㄐㄧㄢˋ · jiàn
verb — to tread on; to carry out, put into practice
字源 FORM — what the parts do
戔聲jiān — gives the soundtwo daggers (戈), to cut small, slight
Tjiān → jiàn — only the tone steps over
A foot (足) set down on the ground (戔) — to tread; and from setting foot to a thing, to carry it out, to practice. 戔 jiān gives the sound, a tone away. 實踐、踐踏、踐行.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
腳（足）一步步踩下去（戔）——說過的話，這樣踐了。
The foot (足) comes down step by step (戔) — and so the promise is carried out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)踐踏— to tread, trample常用
→實踐、踐行— to put into practice, carry out常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
賤＝ 貝 ＋ jiànthe lookalike — 賤 takes 貝 for cheap, low-value goods; 踐 takes for treading戔jiānthe bare phonetic — 踐 adds to set foot on the ground