足

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 𧾷 (when used as a left radical)

Han character

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Radical 157 足

足 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口卜人 (RYO), four-corner 6080₁, composition ⿱口龰)

1. Kangxi radical #157, ⾜.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №40

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/足
• 促, 哫, 𭎣, 娖, 𡷿, 𭛬, 捉, 浞, 㹱, 𭭤, 𤗁, 珿, 𮌘, 𬒺, 𤽱, 𥒭, 𥞺, 䇍, 𧚖, 𮇟, 𫃥(𮉩), 䎌, 𧋥, 𧣫, 䛤(𬣹), 𧯩, 𧹤, 趗, 𨉌, 𡡍, 鋜, 𩈤, 𩩔, 𬵔, 𮯇, 𪕝, 齪(龊)
• 𣭻, 𬻚, 𤰉, 𥁯, 𧋩, 𧻻, 𠈮, 莡, 𪧎, 𤲊, 𤼯, 𥭽, 𬚃, 𬑝, 𩃈, 𫷭, 𪽰, 㿓, 𧂨, 𦪨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1221, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37365
• Dae Jaweon: page 1692, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3686, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8DB3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 足
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”), whence Mon ဇိုၚ် (cf. Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

足

1. (anatomy) foot
2. (anatomy) leg (of an animal)
3. leg (of an object)
4. (in compounds) football; soccer

   女足  ―  nǚzú  ―  women's football

   足協／足协  ―  zúxié  ―  football association

5. to walk
6. to tread; to stamp; to step
7. a surname: Zu

Synonyms

• (foot):

• (football):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan ཆོག (chog, “to be sufficient”) (Coblin, 1986).

Pronunciation

Definitions

足

1. to satisfy; to fulfill

   滿足／满足  ―  mǎnzú  ―  satisfied; to satisfy

2. to stop; to cease
3. enough; sufficient; not lacking
4. abundant; affluent
5. (literary, or in compounds) to be worthy of; to warrant
6. fully; entirely
7. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) very; quite

   足好 [Hokkien]  ―  chiok hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  very good

8. can; may

Synonyms

• (to be worthy of):

• (very):

Etymology 3

From etymology 2, with *-s (“causative, outwardly directed action”) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation