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腳
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脚
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foot

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
jiǎo
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 卻 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (腳)
⺼ meat (side)+ 卻 withdraw =
腳 foot
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
卻 Phonetic component
withdraw
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Simplified (脚)
⺼ meat (side)+ 却 still =
脚 leg
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
却 Phonetic component
què still
old variant of 卻|却[què]
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
腳
Regular
Modern
Chinese
脚 / 腳 [jiǎo]
foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]; classifier for kicks
脚 / 腳 [jué]
variant of 角[jué]; role
Japanese
脚 きゃく 同音
  1. counter counter for chairs or seats
  2. noun foot; leg
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
部屋の中には１脚の机といすがあった。
There were a desk and a chair in the room.
CHINESE WORDS (200)
脚步 [jiǎo​bù] #6,417
footstep
手脚 [shǒu​jiǎo] #5,666
hand and foot
脚趾 [jiǎo​zhǐ] #5,535
toe
脚踝 [jiǎo​huái] #5,913
ankle
脚印 [jiǎo​yìn] #6,674
footprint
脚下 [jiǎo​xià] #6,112
under the foot
双脚 [shuāng​jiǎo] #29,486
two legs
大脚 [dà​jiǎo] #9,583
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiǎo​jiǎo])
蹩脚 [bié​jiǎo] #8,170
inferior
脚尖 [jiǎo​jiān] #12,595
the extremity of the foot
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