てつ
轍
　
を
ふ
踏
　
む

expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to repeat someone's mistake, to make the same mistake as one's predecessor, to follow the ruts (of a previous cart).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
てつ
轍
　
を
ふ
踏
　
む
 轍を踏む てつをふむ
てつ
轍
　
を
　
ふ
　
む
 轍をふむ てつをふむ
　
テ
　
ツ
　
を
ふ
踏
　
む
 テツを踏む てつをふむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rut, wheel track
わだち　テツ　わだちい (Kentei Pre-1)
car
シャ　くるま　くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る　コウ　わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
bring up, grow up, raise
そだ.つ　イク　はぐく.む (3rd, N3)
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
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)