腿

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leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Flesh ⺼ used to walk 退; 退 also provides the pronunciation

Components ⺼退

leg · Heisig RSH #1148

flesh + 退 retreat

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
金华火腿	Jīn huá huǒ tuǐ	Jinhua ham
有一腿	yǒu yī tuǐ	(coll.) to have an affair
大长腿	dà cháng tuǐ	(coll.) (a person's) long legs
外八字腿	wài bā zì tuǐ	bow legs; bandy legs
美人腿	měi rén tuǐ	(Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
西藏毛腿沙鸡	Xī zàng máo tuǐ shā jī	(bird species of China) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)
毛腿沙鸡	máo tuǐ shā jī	(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
大腿	dà tuǐ	thigh
小腿	xiǎo tuǐ	lower leg (from knee to ankle); shank
狗腿子	gǒu tuǐ zi	dog's leg; fig. one who follows a villain; henchman; hired thug
飞毛腿	fēi máo tuǐ	swift feet; fleet-footed runner
火腿	huǒ tuǐ	ham; CL:個\|个[ge4]
方腿	fāng tuǐ	processed ham product
前腿	qián tuǐ	forelegs
泥腿子	ní tuǐ zi	peasant; yokel
腿号	tuǐ hào	legband (on a bird)
罗圈腿	luó quān tuǐ	bow-legged; bandy-legged
跑腿子	pǎo tuǐ zi	(dialect) to live as a bachelor; bachelor
跑腿儿	pǎo tuǐ r	to run errands
腿脚	tuǐ jiǎo	legs and feet; ability to walk; strides