Memory phrase for the Kanji: 脚

脚

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Meaning

foot, leg, base

Pronunciation

 jiǎo, jué

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 却 (Leaving 去 in a bowed卩 position is a retreat.) [to leave 去 = Below ground 土 is the nose 厶 that has left.]

Mnemonic
The body part for making a retreat [= the leaving in a bowed position] is: the foot.

Radicals

肉 meatand body parts
去 to go away, to cause to go
厶 private, noseSide view of a nose that is facing to the left.
卩 bent personshows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕 sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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Vocabulary

 脚步  jiǎo bù  footstep; step
 高脚椅  gāo jiǎo yǐ  stool (chair); high chair
 裹脚  guǒ jiǎo  foot-binding; long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
 脚趾  jiǎo zhǐ  toe
 绊脚石  bàn jiǎo shí  stumbling block; obstacle
 跌脚捶胸  diē jiǎo chuí xiōng  lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
 脚踝  jiǎo huái  ankle
 脚踝  jiǎo huái  

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