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Translingual
Stroke order
𧾷 (when used as a left radical)
Han character
足 (Kangxi radical 157, 足 +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口卜人 (RYO ), four-corner 60801 , composition ⿱口 龰 )
Kangxi radical #157, ⾜ .
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
Old Chinese
足
*ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ
莡
*sʰaːwɢ
捉
*ʔsoːɡ
齪
*sʰroːɡ, *sʰruɡ
娖
*zroːɡ
浞
*zroːɡ
鋜
*zroːɡ
趗
*sʰoːɡ, *sʰoɡ
珿
*sʰruɡ
哫
*ʔsoɡ
促
*sʰoɡ
Pictogram (象形 ) of a leg; the pictogram is similar to ⽦ .
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ ( “ leg, foot ” ) , whence Mon ဇိုၚ် (cf. Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
足
Reading #
3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
zú
Middle Chinese
‹ tsjowk ›
Old Chinese
/*ok/
English
foot
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
足
Reading #
2/2
No.
17925
Phonetic component
足
Rime group
屋
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
足
Old Chinese
/*ʔsoɡ/
Definitions
足
( anatomy ) foot
( anatomy ) leg (of an animal)
leg (of an object)
( in compounds ) football ; soccer
女足 ― nǚzú ― women's football
足 協/ 足 协 ― zú xié ― football association
to walk
to tread ; to stamp ; to step
a surname : Zu
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
腳 (“foot”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
足
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
腳
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
腳 , 腳巴丫子 , 腳丫子 , 丫子 , 老丫丫 , 腳丫兒
Taiwan
腳
Chifeng
腳 , 腳丫子 , 腳丫兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
腳 , 腳丫子
Harbin
腳 , 腳丫子 , 腳片子
Shenyang
腳 , 腳丫兒 , 腳丫子 , 腳步丫子 , 腳板兒
Malaysia
腳
Singapore
腳
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
腳
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
腳 , 腳丫子 , 腳丫兒
Tangshan
腳 , 腳丫子
Cangzhou
腳 , 腳丫子 , 腳丫兒
Baoding
腳丫子 , 腳丫兒
Shijiazhuang
腳
Jinan
腳 , 腳丫子
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
腳
Qingdao
腳 , 腳丫子
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
腳 , 腳丫子
Wanrong
腳
Zhengzhou
腳
Xi'an
腳
Xining
腳
Xuzhou
腳 , 腳巴子 , 腳丫 , 腳丫巴子 , 腳丫子
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
腳
Lanzhou
腳 , 腳丫子
Ürümqi
腳 , 腳丫子
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
腳板兒 , 腳板 , 腳
Chongqing
腳板兒 , 腳丫丫
Wuhan
腳 , 腳板 , 腳丫子
Guiyang
腳
Kunming
腳 , 腳板兒
Guilin
腳
Liuzhou
腳
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
腳 , 腳巴 , 腳底巴 , 腳丫子
Yangzhou
腳 , 腳丫子
Nantong
腳
Hefei
腳
Mandarin
Nanping (Yanping)
腳
Cantonese
Guangzhou
腳
Hong Kong
腳
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
腳
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
腳板
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
腳盤頭
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
腳
Macau
腳
Guangzhou (Panyu)
腳
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
腳
Guangzhou (Conghua)
腳
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
腳
Foshan
腳
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
腳
Foshan (Shunde)
腳
Foshan (Sanshui)
腳
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
腳
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
腳
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
腳
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
腳
Zhuhai (Doumen)
腳
Jiangmen (Baisha)
腳
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
腳
Taishan
腳
Kaiping (Chikan)
腳
Enping (Niujiang)
腳
Heshan (Yayao)
腳
Dongguan
腳
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
腳
Yangjiang
腳
Nanning
腳
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
腳
Singapore (Guangfu)
腳
Gan
Nanchang
腳 , 腳丫子
Pingxiang
腳
Hakka
Meixian
腳 , 腳板
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
腳
Dongguan (Qingxi)
腳
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
腳
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
腳
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
腳
Changting
腳
Wuping
腳
Liancheng
腳
Ninghua
腳
Yudu
腳
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
腳
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
腳
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
腳
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
腳
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
腳
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
腳
Hong Kong
腳
Senai (Huiyang)
腳
Huizhou
Jixi
腳
Shexian
腳 , 腳板
Jin
Taiyuan
腳 , 腳板子
Xinzhou
腳 , 腳板子
Linhe
腳 , 腳板子 , 腳片子
Jining
腳 , 腳板子
Hohhot
腳 , 腳板兒
Zhangjiakou
腳丫子 , 腳板子
Handan
腳 , 腳丫子
Northern Min
Jian'ou
跤 , 跤掌
Songxi
跤
Zhenghe
跤
Jianyang
跤
Jianyang (Huangkeng)
跤
Wuyishan
跤
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
跤
Fuzhou (Changle)
跤
Lianjiang
跤
Fuqing
跤
Pingtan
跤
Yongtai
跤
Minqing
跤
Gutian
跤
Pingnan
跤
Luoyuan
跤
Fu'an
跤
Ningde
跤
Xiapu
跤
Zherong
跤
Shouning
跤
Zhouning
跤
Fuding
跤
Southern Min
Xiamen
跤
Xiamen (Tong'an)
跤
Quanzhou
跤
Jinjiang
跤
Nan'an
跤
Shishi
跤
Hui'an
跤
Anxi
跤
Yongchun
跤
Dehua
跤
Zhangzhou
跤
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
跤
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
跤
Hua'an
跤
Nanjing
跤
Pinghe
跤
Zhangpu
跤
Yunxiao
跤
Zhao'an
跤
Dongshan
跤
Taipei
跤
Taipei (Wanhua)
跤
New Taipei (Sanxia)
跤
New Taipei (Pingxi)
跤
Kaohsiung
跤
Yilan
跤
Changhua (Lukang)
跤
Taichung
跤
Tainan
跤
Taitung
跤
Hsinchu
跤
Kinmen
跤
Penghu (Magong)
跤
Penang (Hokkien)
跤
Singapore (Hokkien)
跤 , 跤骨
Manila (Hokkien)
跤
Longyan
跤
Zhangping
跤
Zhangping (Yongfu)
跤
Datian
跤
Chaozhou
跤
Shantou
跤
Shantou (Chenghai)
跤
Shantou (Chaoyang)
跤
Jieyang
跤
Haifeng
跤
Bangkok (Teochew)
跤
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
跤
Singapore (Teochew)
跤
Leizhou
跤
Wenchang
跤
Haikou
跤
Singapore (Hainanese)
跤
Puxian Min
Putian
跤
Xianyou
跤
Central Min
Yong'an
跤
Sanming (Sanyuan)
跤
Sanming (Shaxian)
跤
Shaojiang Min
Shaowu
跤
Guangze
跤
Jiangle
跤
Mingxi
跤
Shunchang
跤
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
跤
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
腳
Northern Pinghua
Lingchuan (Sanjie)
腳板
Shehua
Fu'an
腳
Fuding
腳
Luoyuan
腳
Sanming
腳
Shunchang
腳
Hua'an
腳
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
腳
Wu
Shanghai
腳
Shanghai (Chongming)
腳
Suzhou
腳
Danyang
腳
Hangzhou
腳
Ningbo
腳骨
Wenzhou
腳 , 腳腳
Jinhua
腳
Xiang
Changsha
腳
Loudi
腳
Shuangfeng
腳
Hengyang
腳把子
Dialectal synonyms of
足球 (“football; soccer”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Probably Sino-Tibetan ; compare Tibetan ཆོག ( chog , “ to be sufficient ” ) (Coblin, 1986 ).
Pronunciation
Note : chok - only in the sense of "very".
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
足
Reading #
2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
zú
Middle Chinese
‹ tsjowk ›
Old Chinese
/*ok/
English
sufficient
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
足
Reading #
2/2
No.
17925
Phonetic component
足
Rime group
屋
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
足
Old Chinese
/*ʔsoɡ/
Definitions
足
to satisfy ; to fulfill
滿足 / 满足 ― mǎnzú ― satisfied; to satisfy
to stop ; to cease
enough ; sufficient ; not lacking
abundant ; affluent
( literary , or in compounds) to be worthy of; to warrant
fully ; entirely
( Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien ) very ; quite
足 好 [Hokkien ] ― chiok hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― very good
can ; may
Synonyms
值得 值當 / 值当 ( zhídàng ) ( Mandarin, colloquial, including Jin ) 犯 ( fàn ) 耐 ( literary )
Dialectal synonyms of
很 (“very”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
甚 , 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
很 , 非常 , 十分
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
挺 , 很 , 倍兒 , 怪
Taiwan
很 , 好 , 非常 , 超 , 蠻 , 超級
Malaysia
很
Singapore
很 , 蠻 , 非常
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
挺 , 很 , 傻 , 老 , 倍兒 , 齁兒
Jinan
挺 , 楞
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
很
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
很 , 好
Chongqing
很
Wuhan
蠻 , 很
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
蠻 , 稀 , 很
Hefei
很
Cantonese
Guangzhou
好 , 非常之
Hong Kong
好 , 非常 , 非常之 , 超 , 勁 , 十分之 , 無敵
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
好
Taishan
好 , 十分之
Yangjiang
好
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
好
Singapore (Guangfu)
好 , 非常之 , 非常
Gan
Nanchang
蠻
Hakka
Meixian
好 , 刮 , 已 , 還 , 異 , 還 exclamation
Huidong (Daling)
好
Wuhua (Meilin)
好
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
頂
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
好
Changting
野
Wuping (Pingyu)
已 , 刮
Liancheng
樣
Ninghua
好
Ruijin
蠻
Shicheng
蠻
Shangyou (Shexi)
蠻
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
當 , 已 , 還
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
蓋 , 盡 , 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
當 , 盡 , 已 , 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
當 , 已 , 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
當 , 已 , 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
足 , 真 , 實在
Hong Kong
好
Sabah (Bao'an)
好
Kuching (Hepo)
很
Singapore (Dabu)
好
Jin
Taiyuan
很 , 挺
Northern Min
Jian'ou
盡
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
野 , 真
Singapore (Fuqing)
真
Sitiawan (Gutian)
真
Southern Min
Xiamen
真 , 野 , 誠 , 有夠 , 萬代 , 死人 , 非常 , 真正 , 設汰 , 一
Xiamen (Tong'an)
真
Quanzhou
真 , 野 , 誠 , 有夠 , 萬代 , 死人 , 設汰
Jinjiang
野
Zhangzhou
盡 , 蓋 , 足 , 足範 , 有夠 , 出奇 , 極死 , 見死 , 死了了 , 死人 , 設汰 , 設汰仔
Zhao'an
很 , 真 , 死絕 , 好 , 非常
Dongshan
真 , 非常
Taipei
真 , 誠
New Taipei (Sanxia)
真 , 誠
Kaohsiung
有夠 , 足 , 真 , 誠 , 蓋
Yilan
有夠 , 足 , 誠 , 盡
Changhua (Lukang)
真 , 誠
Taichung
誠 , 蓋 , 足
Tainan
有夠 , 足 , 真 , 誠 , 蓋
Hsinchu
真 , 誠
Kinmen
足 , 誠
Penghu (Magong)
真 , 誠
Penang (Hokkien)
真 , 誠 , 真正
Singapore (Hokkien)
真 , 死爸 , 真正 , 誠 , 足 , 有夠
Manila (Hokkien)
野 , 真 , 萬代 , 真誠 , 誠 , 有夠
Chaozhou
過 , 好 , 非常 , 死爸
Shantou
過 , 鐵 , 好 , 很 , 死爸 , 死絕
Shantou (Chenghai)
好 , 死絕
Shantou (Chaoyang)
好 , 非常
Jieyang
過 , 好 , 死爸 , 死絕
Bangkok (Teochew)
好
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
好
Singapore (Teochew)
真 , 死爸 , 非常
Wenchang
極 , 但顧 , 真
Haikou
但顧
Qionghai
但顧 , 真
Singapore (Hainanese)
但顧 , 真
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
好 , 蠻
Wu
Shanghai
蠻 , 老 , 邪氣 , 老老 , 瞎 , 絕 , 十分 , 十二萬分 , 非常 , 非常之 , 畢 , 畢畢 , 來得 , 來得個 , 煞 , 交關 , 十二分 rare , 窮 dated , 野 dated , 邪 dated
Suzhou
蠻 , 窮
Hangzhou
蠻 , 交關 , 木佬佬 , 冒
Ningbo
交關 , 蠻 , 堪 , 𣍐好 , 𣍐派 , 甮派 , 出格 , 木牢牢 rare , 猛 rare
Zhoushan
交關 , 蠻 , 猛 , 堪 , 出格 , 木牢牢 rare
Wenzhou
蠻 , 蒙 , 顯
Xiang
Changsha
很 , 蠻
Shuangfeng
蠻
Etymology 3
From etymology 2, with *-s ( “ causative, outwardly directed action ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ; Baxter and Sagart, 2014 ).
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
足
Reading #
1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jù
Middle Chinese
‹ tsjuH ›
Old Chinese
/*ok-s/
English
replenish
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
足
Reading #
1/2
No.
17915
Phonetic component
足
Rime group
竇
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
緅
Old Chinese
/*ʔsoɡs/
Notes
見 論 語
Definitions
足
( literary ) overly ; excessively
( literary ) to replenish ; to augment
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
足
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
foot
enough , sufficient
satisfy , fulfill
Readings
Compounds
Derived terms
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 足 – see the following entry.
(This term, 足 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Counter
足( そく ) • (-soku )
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 足 – see the following entry.
(This term, 足 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 足 (MC tsjowk ).
Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun , 1448
죡〮 (Yale : cyók )
Middle Korean
Text
Eumhun
Gloss (hun )
Reading
Hunmong Jahoe , 1527
발〮 (Yale : pál )
죡〮 (Yale : cyók )
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
足 (eumhun 발 족 ( bal jok ) )
hanja form? of 족 ( “ foot ” )
hanja form? of 족 ( “ used to form nouns with the meaning "to attain ; to satisfy " ” )
Compounds
Compounds
족쇄 (足鎖 , jokswae )
족의 (足衣 , jogui )
족장 (足掌 , jokjang )
족적 (足迹 , jokjeok )
족지 (足指 , jokji )
족지 (足趾 , jokji )
족하 (足下 , jokha )
구족 (具足 , gujok )
금족 (禁足 , geumjok )
기족 (驥足 , gijok )
만족 (滿足 , manjok )
발족 (發足 , baljok )
보족 (補足 , bojok )
부족 (不足 , bujok )
사족 (四足 , sajok )
사족 (蛇足 , sajok )
선족 (跣足 , seonjok )
섬족 (贍足 , seomjok )
수족 (手足 , sujok )
실족 (失足 , siljok )
염족 (饜足 , yeomjok )
요족 (饒足 , yojok )
월족 (刖足 , woljok )
의족 (義足 , uijok )
일족 (逸足 , iljok )
장족 (長足 , jangjok )
정족 (鼎足 , jeongjok )
주족 (馵足 , jujok )
준족 (駿足 , junjok )
지족 (知足 , jijok )
질족 (疾足 , jiljok )
충족 (充足 , chungjok )
탁족 (濯足 , takjok )
흡족 (洽足 , heupjok )
삼족오 (三足烏 , samjogo )
정족수 (定足數 , jeongjoksu )
과부족 (過不足 , gwabujok )
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Miyako
Kanji
足
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
Compounds
百足 ( んかじ, nkaji , “ centipede ” )
Okinawan
Kanji
足
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Cognate with mainland Japanese 膝 ( hiza ) . Attested in 沖縄語典 as ひさ.[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
足( ふぃさ ) (fisa ) ←ひさ ( fisa ) ?
foot ; leg ; paw
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate with mainland Japanese 足 ( ashi ) . Attested in 沖縄語典 as わし.[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
足( あし ) (ashi ) ←わし ( wasi ) ?
edible leg (of a pig, etc)
( only in compounds ) foot
Derived terms
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世 ) (1896 ) 沖縄語典 , Hikone (彦根市 ): Eishōdō (永昌堂 ), →DOI
Okinoerabu
Kanji
足
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
Derived terms
百足 ( むかじ, mukaji , “ centipede ” )
Tokunoshima
Kanji
足
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
Derived terms
百足 ( ぬかで, nukade , “ centipede ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
足 : Hán Nôm readings: túc
chữ Hán form of túc ( “ sufficient ” ) .
Compounds