(jiǎo) - foot in Mandarin

jiǎo

Traditional: 腳

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Translation

foot

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound with the flesh radical 月 (ròu, body) and 却 (què) as the phonetic element, denoting the foot. The simplified 脚 derives from the traditional 腳.

Origin: compound
Root: 月(body) + 却 (què, phonetic)

Stroke order

脚

Examples

。

My foot hurts a little.

沙shā滩tān。

He walked barefoot on the beach.

踩cǎi。

Be careful not to step on my foot.

，。

After a day of walking my feet are tired.

。

Her feet are very small.

脚 (jiǎo) means foot. It is used for the part of the body at the end of the leg.

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This word is part of lesson 28.