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脚

jiǎo

HSK 3 Character Traditional 腳 Measure word 双、只

What 脚 means

1. foot
2. leg (of an animal or an object)
3. base (of an object)
4. classifier for kicks

Other readings

脚 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• juérole (variant of {角|jué})

Example sentences

• 小心脚下。
  Xiǎoxīn jiǎoxià.
  Watch your step.
• 洗您的脚。
  Wash your feet.
• 洗你的脚。
  Wash your feet.
• 我的脚痛。
  I have a pain in my foot.
• 你的脚脏。
  You have dirty feet.
• 人有两只脚。
  Man has two feet.

Words starting with 脚

• 脚步jiǎo bùfootstep; step
• 脚下jiǎo xiàunder the foot
• 脚印jiǎo yìnfootprint
• 脚本jiǎo běnscript; screenplay; scenario; libretto; (computing) script
• 脚尖jiǎo jiānthe extremity of the foot
• 脚趾jiǎo zhǐtoe
• 脚踏jiǎo tàpedal
• 脚跟jiǎo gēnheel
• 脚底jiǎo dǐsoles of the feet
• 脚踏实地jiǎo tà shí dìto have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom)…
• 脚踝jiǎo huáiankle
• 脚踏车jiǎo tà chē(Taiwan) bicycle; bike
• 脚丫jiǎo yā(colloquial) foot
• 脚镣jiǎo liàofetters; leg-irons
• 脚后跟jiǎo hòu gēnheel
• 脚掌jiǎo zhǎngthe sole of the foot
• 脚板jiǎo bǎnthe sole of the foot
• 脚丫子jiǎo yā zi(colloquial) foot
• 脚手架jiǎo shǒu jiàscaffolding
• 脚面jiǎo miàninstep (upper surface of the foot)
• 脚趾头jiǎo zhǐ toutoe
• 脚气jiǎo qìathlete's foot; tinea pedis; beriberi
• 脚背jiǎo bèiinstep (upper surface of the foot)
• 脚心jiǎo xīnarch of the foot

Words containing 脚

• 手脚shǒu jiǎohand and foot; movement of limbs; action
• 双脚shuāng jiǎotwo legs; both feet
• 手忙脚乱shǒu máng jiǎo luàn(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
• 小脚xiǎo jiǎobound feet (traditional)
• 跺脚duò jiǎoto stamp one's feet
• 落脚luò jiǎoto stay for a time; to stop over; to lodge
• 赤脚chì jiǎobarefoot
• 蹩脚bié jiǎoinferior; shoddy; lousy
• 拳打脚踢quán dǎ jiǎo tīlit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up; fig. determined to sort out a problem
• 拳脚quán jiǎoChinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking
• 山脚shān jiǎofoot of a mountain
• 蹑手蹑脚niè shǒu niè jiǎoto walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
• 腿脚tuǐ jiǎolegs and feet; ability to walk; strides
• 大脚dà jiǎonaturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小脚; long kick…
• 裤脚kù jiǎothe bottom of a trouser leg
• 轻手轻脚qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
• 前脚qián jiǎoone moment ..., (the next ...); leading foot (in walking)
• 国脚guó jiǎonational football team member
• 指手画脚zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎoto gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands…
• 站不住脚zhàn bu zhù jiǎoill-founded; groundless
• 七手八脚qī shǒu bā jiǎo(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
• 后脚hòu jiǎo(one moment ...,) the next ...; trailing foot (in walking)
• 动手动脚dòng shǒu dòng jiǎoto come to blows; to paw; to grope
• 笨手笨脚bèn shǒu bèn jiǎoclumsy; all thumbs

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 肖xiàosimilar; resembling; to resemble
• 脲niàocarbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素
• 膘biāo(usu. of livestock) fat
• 膫liáomale genitals; old variant of 膋

Characters that look like 脚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 胸xiōngchest; bosom; heart
• 御yù(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage…
• 猕míused in 猕猴
• 胭yānrouge
• 梆bāngwatchman's rattle
• 郴chēnused in 郴州

Sounds the same

Read jiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 角angle; corner; horn
• 饺dumplings with meat filling
• 狡crafty; cunning; sly
• 缴to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 搅to disturb; to annoy; to mix
• 侥by mere luck
• 绞to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 皎bright; white
• 湫marsh
• 矫to correct; to rectify; to redress
• 剿to destroy; to extirpate
• 铰scissors; to cut (with scissors)