脚

jiǎo

foot

leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks

flesh (⺼) + sound (却) = foot or leg

The flesh radical (⺼) grounds this in the body, pointing to the physical foot or leg. 却 contributes the sound jiǎo and does not add meaning here.

⺼+却→脚
⺼FleshSemantic
却To step backPhonetic

他的脚很大,买鞋很难。

tā de jiǎo hěn dà, mǎi xié hěn nán。

His feet are very big, so buying shoes is very difficult.

她走了很长的路,脚都疼了。

tā zǒu le hěn cháng de lù, jiǎo dōu téng le。

She walked a very long road, and her feet started to hurt.

Words with 脚

蹑手蹑脚

niè shǒu niè jiǎo

to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)

大脚

dà jiǎo

naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3])

脚印

jiǎo yìn

footprint

脚跟

jiǎo gēn

heel

脚背

jiǎo bèi

instep (upper surface of the foot)

蹩脚

bié jiǎo

inferior

临时抱佛脚

lín shí bào fó jiǎo

(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]

运脚

yùn jiǎo

freight charge

长脚秧鸡

cháng jiǎo yāng jī

(bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex)

双脚

shuāng jiǎo

two legs

双脚架

shuāng jiǎo jià

bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)

鸡脚

jī jiǎo

chicken feet

More characters with ⺼

膻媠惰膦膳膺肘