1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

   to step on; to tread on; to trample on

   その男は私の足を踏んだのにわびることさえしなかった。

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

   see 韻を踏む

7. to succeed to (e.g. the throne)

Also written 履む【ふむ】fumu、践む【ふむ】fumu