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

Stroke order for 脚

Examples

My foot hurts a little.

shātān

He walked barefoot on the beach.

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.