足
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(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #336 U+8DB3
How 足 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
The leg 口 above the foot
How to remember it
lower leg · Heisig RSH #1048
口 mouth + trail of footprints — as a component also called: lower leg, wooden leg
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 足 as their sound component
These characters all use 足 (zú) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 足 sound component | zú | foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough |
| 捉 | zhuō | to clutch, to grasp, to seize |
| 蹙 | cù | to frown, to knit the brows; distressed |
| 躅 | zhú | to walk carefully; to hesitate, to falter |
| 浞 | zhuó | to soak, to steep in water |
Words containing 足
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大足区 | Dà zú Qū | Dazu, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 不足为外人道 | bù zú wèi wài rén dào | (idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves; also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 w… |
| 开足马力 | kāi zú mǎ lì | to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed; fig. to work as hard as possible |
| 美中不足 | měi zhōng bù zú | everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment |
| 多足动物 | duō zú dòng wù | myriapod; centipedes and millipedes |
| 加足马力 | jiā zú mǎ lì | to go at full throttle; (fig.) to go all out; to kick into high gear |
| 不足道 | bù zú dào | inconsiderable; of no consequence; not worth mentioning |
| 手足口病 | shǒu zú kǒu bìng | hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affec… |
| 不一而足 | bù yī ér zú | by no means an isolated case; numerous |
| 手足之情 | shǒu zú zhī qíng | brotherly affection |
| 学然后知不足 | xué rán hòu zhī bù zú | to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]) |
| 不足为道 | bù zú wéi dào | to be not worth mentioning |
| 节足动物 | jié zú dòng wù | arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs; same as 節肢動物|节肢动物[jie2 zhi1 dong4 wu4] |
| 心有余，力不足 | xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú | The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).; I really want t… |
| 不足 | bù zú | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not |
| 情同手足 | qíng tóng shǒu zú | as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers; deep friendship;… |
| 大足 | Dà zú | see 大足區|大足区[Da4 zu2 Qu1] |
| 国足 | guó zú | national soccer team |
| 先天不足，后天失调 | xiān tiān bù zú , hòu tiān shī tiáo | to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life; (fig.) t… |
| 比上不足，比下有余 | bǐ shàng bù zú , bǐ xià yǒu yú | neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some |