足

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(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 2
Strokes: 7
Radical: 足 itself
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 足
Common rank: #336
Unicode: U+8DB3

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 足 is formed

Pictograph (象形字)

The leg 口 above the foot

Components 口 ? unknown part

How to remember it

lower leg · Heisig RSH #1048

口 mouth + trail of footprints — as a component also called: lower leg, wooden leg

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 足

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大足区	Dà zú Qū	Dazu, a district of Chongqing 重慶\|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
不足为外人道	bù zú wèi wài rén dào	(idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves; also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 w…
开足马力	kāi zú mǎ lì	to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed; fig. to work as hard as possible
美中不足	měi zhōng bù zú	everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
多足动物	duō zú dòng wù	myriapod; centipedes and millipedes
加足马力	jiā zú mǎ lì	to go at full throttle; (fig.) to go all out; to kick into high gear
不足道	bù zú dào	inconsiderable; of no consequence; not worth mentioning
手足口病	shǒu zú kǒu bìng	hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affec…
不一而足	bù yī ér zú	by no means an isolated case; numerous
手足之情	shǒu zú zhī qíng	brotherly affection
学然后知不足	xué rán hòu zhī bù zú	to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記\|礼记[Li3 ji4])
不足为道	bù zú wéi dào	to be not worth mentioning
节足动物	jié zú dòng wù	arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs; same as 節肢動物\|节肢动物[jie2 zhi1 dong4 wu4]
心有余，力不足	xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú	The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).; I really want t…
不足	bù zú	insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
情同手足	qíng tóng shǒu zú	as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers; deep friendship;…
大足	Dà zú	see 大足區\|大足区[Da4 zu2 Qu1]
国足	guó zú	national soccer team
先天不足，后天失调	xiān tiān bù zú , hòu tiān shī tiáo	to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life; (fig.) t…
比上不足，比下有余	bǐ shàng bù zú , bǐ xià yǒu yú	neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some

Sound family

These characters use 足 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
足 sound part	zú	foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
捉	zhuō	to clutch, to grasp, to seize
蹙	cù	to frown, to knit the brows; distressed
躅	zhú	to walk carefully; to hesitate, to falter
浞	zhuó	to soak, to steep in water