jiǎo

foot

leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks

flesh (⺼) + sound (却) = foot or leg

The flesh radical (⺼) grounds this in the body, pointing to the physical foot or leg. 却 contributes the sound jiǎo and does not add meaning here.

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Words with 脚

临时抱佛脚

lín shí bào fó jiǎo

(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]

运脚

yùn jiǎo

freight charge

长脚秧鸡

cháng jiǎo yāng jī

(bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex)

双脚

shuāng jiǎo

two legs

双脚架

shuāng jiǎo jià

bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)

鸡脚

jī jiǎo

chicken feet

露出马脚

lù chū mǎ jiǎo

to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature

露马脚

lòu mǎ jiǎo

to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature

青脚滨鹬

qīng jiǎo bīn yù

(bird species of China) Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii)

青脚鹬

qīng jiǎo yù

(bird species of China) common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

韵脚

yùn jiǎo

rhyming word ending a line of verse

头痛医头,脚痛医脚

tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo

to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)

More characters with ⺼