脚

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See also: 腳
脚 U+811A, 脚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-811A
← 脙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 脛 →

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

脚 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月土戈中 (BGIL), composition ⿰月却)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 983, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29502
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1435, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2075, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+811A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (郤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
腳 *kaɡ
脚 *kaɡ
卻 *kaɡ, *kʰaɡ
却 *kʰaɡ
谻 *kraɡ, *kraɡ
郤 *kʰraɡ
綌 *kʰraɡ

Variant of 腳.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 脚 – see 腳 (“foot; base; leg; foundation; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 腳).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

脚

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: かく (kaku)
  • Kan-on: きゃく (kyaku, Jōyō)
  • Tō-on: きゃ (kya, Jōyō †)
  • Kun: あし (ashi, 脚, Jōyō)

Compounds

Derived terms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
脚
あし
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

脚(あし) • (ashi) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 足 (“foot; leg”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
脚
きゃく
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 腳 (kjak).

Pronunciation

Counter

脚(きゃく) • (-kyaku) 

  1. counter for desks, chairs, long-stemmed glasses

Suffix

脚(きゃく) • (-kyaku) 

  1. (martial arts) used in the names of moves that involve kicking
    Antonym: 拳 (-ken)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 腳 (MC kjak).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 각〮 (Yale: kák)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 발〮 (Yale: pál) 각〮 (Yale: kák)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

脚 (eumhun 다리 각 (dari gak))

  1. hanja form? of 각 (“base; leg; foundation”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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