脚

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

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 却 sound ( què )

Components ⺼却

foot · Heisig RSH #1102

part of the body + 却 withdraw

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大手大脚	dà shǒu dà jiǎo	extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful; wasteful
小手小脚	xiǎo shǒu xiǎo jiǎo	mean; stingy; to be lacking in boldness; timid
动手动脚	dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo	to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh
有手有脚	yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo	lit. have hands have feet; to be able bodied (idiom); to have the ability to work
脚不点地	jiǎo bù diǎn dì	see 腳不沾地\|脚不沾地[jiao3 bu4 zhan1 di4]
动手脚	dòng shǒu jiǎo	(coll.) to tamper with; to mess around with
多手多脚	duō shǒu duō jiǎo	to meddle; to make a nuisance of oneself
大脚	dà jiǎo	naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳\|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]); long kick (soccer); B…
国脚	guó jiǎo	national football team member
山脚	shān jiǎo	foot of a mountain
脚气病	jiǎo qì bìng	beriberi
脚心	jiǎo xīn	arch of the foot
地脚	dì jiǎo	(page) footer; (dialect) foundation (of a building); base
马脚	mǎ jiǎo	sth one wishes to conceal; the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
小脚	xiǎo jiǎo	bound feet (traditional)
行脚	xíng jiǎo	(of a monk) to travel; itinerant
手脚	shǒu jiǎo	hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4])
管手管脚	guǎn shǒu guǎn jiǎo	to control in every detail; excessive supervision
脚气	jiǎo qì	athlete's foot; tinea pedis; beriberi
同手同脚	tóng shǒu tóng jiǎo	clumsy; uncoordinated