Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to step on, to tread on, to trample on.
  2. to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil), to stand on, to visit.
  3. to experience, to undergo.
  4. to follow (rules, principles, etc.), to go through (e.g. formalities), to complete.
  5. to estimate, to guess, to judge, to value, to appraise.
  6. to rhyme.
  7. to succeed to (e.g. the throne).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
踏む ふむ
 
履む ふむ
 
践む ふむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

step, trample, carry through
ふ.む トウ (7th, N1)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし た.りる ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
shoes, boots
くつ トウ (Kentei Pre-1)
water
みず スイ み (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)