tà
to step on
足 grounds the meaning in foot action. 日 and 羽 together form a phonetic cluster that approximates the sound tà; they carry no independent semantic weight here.
糟蹋
zāo tà
to waste; to spoil
踢蹋舞
tī tà wǔ
tap dance
蹧蹋
variant of 糟蹋[zao1 ta4]
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