U+8E36 "踶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8E36 "踶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) primarily used in classical and literary contexts. It is a logograph that combines the radical for "foot" (足) with a phonetic component, and its core meaning relates to the action of a horse kicking or stamping its hoof, often implying a violent or resistant movement. In ancient texts, it can also metaphorically denote a person's stubbornness or refusal to yield, much like a horse that "kicks back" against restraint. This character is rarely used in modern Mandarin or Japanese, but it occasionally appears in historical records, poetry, or specialized discussions of equine behavior.