The Chinese Radical: 足


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Meaning
foot    足

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
foot, to be sufficient, ample

Top: kneecap , below: picture of a footprint
Below the knee is the foot, that is enough.
JLPT HSK 2
to run, to escape, race
pǎo
Left: foot (= knee cap and footprint ), right: to wrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)
When the feet almost "wrap" themselves, you are running to escape.
JLPT HSK 2
to jump, to hop, to skip over, to bounce, to palpitate
tiào
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: sign, omen (here: traces) (shows cracks in a turtle shell, in ancient China used for divination.)
The foot makes some traces when: jumping and hopping.
JLPT HSK 2
road, path, way

Left: foot (image of a kneecap and a foot ), right: each/every/all (Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.)
The feet all move on road.
JLPT HSK 2
to kick (a ball), to play (e.g. soccer)

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: easy (= warming sun shine makes it easy.)
With the foot it is easy to kick a ball.
JLPT HSK 3
heel, to follow closely, to go with
gēn
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(Most often it hurts here:) The foot is not good at the heel.
JLPT HSK 4
distance, at a distance of, to be apart

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: huge (a staring eye)
(With endurance everything is possible:) The foot goes huge distances.
JLPT HSK 5
to jump, to leap
yuè
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: early death (here: sky )
With your feet you get skywards when: jumping.
JLPT HSK 5
fulfill (a promise), tread, walk
jiàn
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), center: two , rest: halberd
One foot and two halberds are needed for fulfilling this promise.
JLPT HSK 5
to urge, urgent, to press (for action), hurried

Left: person , right: foot (knee cap and footprint )
A person uses the foot to urge (himself).
JLPT HSK 5
to crouch, to squat
dūn
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: honorific (When sth. comes out of a wine mug by a skillful hand , it's seen to be: honorific.)
(Making a kowtow?) With your feet you are honorific, if you crouch.
JLPT HSK 5
to step on, to tread, to stamp, to press a pedal
cǎi
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to pluck (hand plucks from above into a tree )
The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it.
JLPT HSK 6
to tread on, to stamp, to press a pedal

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: many (water , sun [here: sun as = stones lying next to each other])
The foot can step into water or if there is a way of aligned stones to: tread on.
JLPT HSK 6
to step across, to stride over, to straddle, to span
kuà
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: boast (With part of jaw [=two teeth , tongue , lower jaw ], such that your big/extreme jaw is boasting.)
Your foot is boasting, when stepping over a barrier.
JLPT HSK 6
to come to appearance, reveal, show, nectar
lù, lòu
Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), bottom: street (The feet all move on the road.)
(The potholes are filling up?) Rain comes on the street into: appearance.
JLPT HSK 6
to capture, to clutch, to grab
zhuō
Left: hand , right: foot (knee cap and footprint )
You need hands and feet (to run after) for: capturing.
JLPT HSK 6
footprint, footmark, trace, tracks
zōng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: religion/teaching (The 'roof' over the altar is the religion)
Feet as well as religions leave footprints.
JLPT HSK 6
to kneel
guì
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: danger (The bent person on the cliff could (when falling) change into a slumped person : That's the danger!) [= unlucky]
The feet shall, when in danger: kneel.
JLPT HSK 6
to tumble, to drop, to fall
diē
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to lose (I emphasize the husband will lose.)
If a foot is 'lost', you: tumble.
JLPT HSK 6
impatient, hot-tempered, excited
zào
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: gather (3 mouths [beaks] in a tree , where birds: gather.)
If your feet are as active as a tree full of birds, your are impatient.
JLPT HSK 6
to tread on, to trample, dance, to stamp, to fulfill
dǎo
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: (hand reaching down , mortar )
(At the grape-stomping) With the feet from above into the mortar: to tread in.
JLPT HSK 6
to jump, to bounce, to hop
bèng
Left: foot, sufficient , right: collapse 崩 (The mountain will within two month / collapse.) [ = friends]
Feet make it collapse by: jumping.
JLPT HSK 6
to lie on one's stomach, to lean forward

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: eight (here: two legs)
When the feet are aside to the legs, you are lying on the stomach.
JLPT HSK 6
to tread on, to pedal, to step on
dēng, dèng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to climb, ascend (The volcano spits beans : let's ascend it)
On foot you climb: Tread by tread.
JLPT HSK 6
step on, trample, to waste, wreck

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: Variant of: collapse 塌 (You will come back to earth , when you want (to reach) the sun with your flight , whereat you collapse. [HERE: with foot instead of earth ]
The foot will on something collapsed: trample on.
JLPT HSK 6
to leap, to jump, enthusiastically
yǒng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: (=var. of pass 通 (bent person , use [A fence can be used])
The foot (=the leg) is bent, at the fence, when leaping over.
JLPT no HSK
travel, walk

Left: foot , right: 犮 (friend (= two hands [= They shake hands , because they are friends] with emphasis )
Using feet the emphasized friends meet, when: travelling.
JLPT no HSK
to stroll, to pace
duó
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: degree (In the house 广 is an object 廿 with which the hand measures x-times the degrees.)
To be on foot in a certain degree is: strolling.
JLPT no HSK
toe, tracks, footprints
zhǐ
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to stop
(They are pressed against the floor:) The foot stops with: the toes.
JLPT no HSK
jump, stagger, sway from side to side
liáng, liàng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: good
The foot is good for: jumping.
JLPT no HSK
hesitate, pace back and forth, waver
chóu
寿
Left: foot/leg (knee cap and footprint ), right: long life 寿 (Two skillful hands & are needed to roll Sushi 寿 and you will have a long life.)
Your feet will give you a long life, if you are hesitating.
JLPT no HSK
hesitate, indecisive
chú
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: outstanding 著 (Under the plant is a person , who is an outstanding writer.)
When the foot (shall go) over the plants, the person is hesitating.
JLPT no HSK
stagger, sway from side to side, swinging
qiāng, qiàng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: warehouse (Under the pointed roof is a roll of cloth in the warehouse)
The foot trips in the warehouse over a roll of cloth and staggers.
JLPT no HSK
squat, entrench, be based upon

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: reside/live (Where the buttock [side view] becomes old , he has his residence.)
If your feet (directly) reside you, you are squating. (equally as when you are entrenching)
JLPT no HSK
to walk on tiptoe, to walk quietly, tread (on), follow
niè
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: whisper (To the ear with both hands and we whisper.)
When the foot whispers it is on the tiptoes.
JLPT no HSK
to follow, to arrive, heel
zhǒng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: double, heavy (vehicle 車/ with extra wheels for heavy loads)
When you are on foot and that vehicle is heavy, it's easy: to follow.
JLPT no HSK
to rub against, to walk slowly
cèng
Left: foot, sufficient , right: formerly (=曽 - At rain on the field as under the sun , that's how we worked formerly.)
The foot formerly rubbed against sth. (like the ground) causing a slow walk.
JLPT no HSK
tumble, fall
jiāo
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: exchange, crossing (six crosses )
If the feet are crossing during exchange, you tumble and fall.
JLPT no HSK
raise one's foot
qiāo
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: Emperor Tang Yao (variation of halberd and table )
If the foot is like a halberd on the table: the foot was raised.
JLPT no HSK
to stomp (or stamp) one's feet, to step
duò
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: blossom (Image of a blossom in a tree )
If the foot leaves (on the floor) a 'blossom' (= imprint), you have stomped (stamped).
蹿
JLPT no HSK
to leap up
cuān
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to flee, scuttle 窜 Into that hole [=foxhole] with the two chambers and a passage [the fox] has fled.) [=chain])
When your feet flee [from the ground], you leap up.
JLPT no HSK
trample
róu
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear from the upper part of a tree is soft & flexible)
The feet destroy until everything is soft and flexible, when: trampling.
JLPT no HSK
to trample down, to oppress, to overrun, overflood
lìn
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: 蔺 (plant , Tor /門 und Vogel )
This is what the feet do to the grass at the gate like a number of birds: trample everything down.
JLPT no HSK
hoof, pig's trotters

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: emperor (He stands and is covered with cloth )
The foot is imperial, if it is: a hoof.
JLPT no HSK
crippled, lame

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: skin (A hand with a knife peels off the skin )
If you foot has some (extra) skin, you are crippled.
JLPT no HSK
to limp, hobble, stagger
shān
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: book, booklet (here: as 'thick legs')
Feet with thick legs that are bonded with a string : limp.
JLPT no HSK
ankle, malleolus
huái
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: fruit, result (= The "rice field" at the tree )
At the foot is a pivot point of a 'wooden foot' the: ankle.
JLPT no HSK
footpath, narrow trail

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: What? WHERE? 奚 (The down-reaching hand wants to fish with the thread something big , but: What? Where?)
Where the feet that 'reach down' transform the fibers (=threads of the grasses) into something big (= flattened), a path is created.
JLPT no HSK
to knit (one's brows), to hesitate, distressed

Top: relatives, grief 戚 (When halberds are raging in the pepper fields the relatives are grieving.), bottom: foot (knee cap and footprint )
When the relatives are in grief because you go (=), they: knit (their brows).

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