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Kanji Detail for 脚 - "leg"

脚

  • Meaning

    脚 means "leg." Also associated with shin, support.

    1. Leg - The entire leg.

    2. Shin - Below the knee; the lower leg.

    3. Support - Something that supports from below.

    4. Counter - A word for counting legged objects.

  • Words using 脚

    • 脚本 きゃくほん Listen script; screenplay; scenario
    • 脚光 きゃっこう Listen footlight; limelight
    • 二人三脚 ににんさんきゃく Listen three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
    • 失脚 しっきゃく Listen losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall
    • 行脚 あんぎゃ Listen pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
    • 橋脚 きょうきゃく Listen bridge pier; pontoon bridge
    • 立脚 りっきゃく Listen being based on
    • 脚色 きゃくしょく Listen dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen)

  • Four-character idioms with 脚

    • 二人三脚 ににんさんきゃく Listen three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
    • 偏旁冠脚 へんぼうかんきゃく Listen radicals of a kanji (left, right, crown and lower); kanji components
    • 脚下照顧 きゃっかしょうこ Listen look carefully where your own footsteps fall; seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others; know thyself
    • 雲水行脚 うんすいあんぎゃ Listen itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands

  • Tattoo check: 脚

    • Verified meaning: leg
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: shin, support

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    skids; leg; undercarriage; lower part; base

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    leg, foot; base, leg, foundation

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    leg, foot; foundation, base

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kaku(カク) カク

    kya(キャ) キャ

    kyaku(キャク) キャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ashi(あし) あし

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    leg shin support counter foot ankle calf heel knee step stand kick walk run lower limb

Sentences including 脚

  • A table has four legs.

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