foot

Origin & mnemonic

The foot radical originates from a pictograph of the human foot in ancient script. The original shape clearly depicts the joints of toes and the heel.

Mnemonic: The foot radical resembles a human foot with clearly visible toe joints and heel.

• 足zú🔊

  (bound form) foot; leg

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 趴pā🔊

  to lie on one's stomach

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 䟖zhǐ🔊

  erroneous variant of 趾[zhi3]

  10 strokes

• 趵bào🔊

  jump

  10 strokes

• 趷kē🔊

  to jolt

  10 strokes

• 趸dǔn🔊

  wholesale

  10 strokes

• 趿tā🔊

  see 趿拉[ta1 la5]

  10 strokes

• 距jù🔊

  to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 趾zhǐ🔊

  toe

  11 strokes

• 趹jué🔊

  to gallop

  11 strokes

• 趺fū🔊

  instep; tarsus

  11 strokes

• 趼jiǎn🔊

  (bound form) callus

  11 strokes

• 跁pá🔊

  to squat

  11 strokes

• 跂qí🔊

  sixth (extra) toe

  11 strokes

• 跃yuè🔊

  to jump

  11 strokes

• 跄qiàng🔊

  stagger

  11 strokes

• 跑pǎo🔊

  to run

  HSK 1

  12 strokes

• 跌diē🔊

  to fall

  HSK 6

  12 strokes

• 跋bá🔊

  postscript

  12 strokes

• 跛bǒ🔊

  to limp

  12 strokes

• 跅tuò🔊

  careless

  12 strokes

• 跆tái🔊

  to trample, to kick

  12 strokes

• 跍kū🔊

  to squat

  12 strokes

• 跎tuó🔊

  to stumble

  12 strokes

• 跏jiā🔊

  to sit cross-legged

  12 strokes

• 跕dié🔊

  shuffle

  12 strokes

• 跖zhí🔊

  variant of 蹠|跖[zhi2]

  12 strokes

• 跗fū🔊

  instep

  12 strokes

• 跙jǔ🔊

  weak, lame

  12 strokes

• 跚shān🔊

  used in 蹣跚|蹒跚[pan2 shan1]

  12 strokes

• 跞lì🔊

  move

  12 strokes

• 践jiàn🔊

  to fulfill (a promise)

  12 strokes

• 𧿹mǔ🔊

  (bound form) big toe

  12 strokes

• 𨀁lóng🔊

  to walk

  12 strokes

• 跟gēn🔊

  heel

  HSK 1

  13 strokes

• 路lù🔊

  HSK 1

  13 strokes

• 跳tiào🔊

  to jump

  HSK 3

  13 strokes

• 跪guì🔊

  to kneel

  HSK 6

  13 strokes

• 跺duò🔊

  variant of 跺[duo4]

  13 strokes

• 跨kuà🔊

  to step across

  HSK 6

  13 strokes

• 跤jiāo🔊

  a tumble

  13 strokes

• 跩zhuǎi🔊

  to waddle

  13 strokes

• 跐cǐ🔊

  to trample

  13 strokes

• 迹jì🔊

  (bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue

  13 strokes

• 跣xiǎn🔊

  barefooted

  13 strokes

• 跦zhū🔊

  pace back and forth

  13 strokes

• 跧quán🔊

  to curl up

  13 strokes

• 跫qióng🔊

  sound of footsteps

  13 strokes