脚 (jiǎo): foot
脚 (jiǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “foot.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 却 (phonetic). It ranks #790 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 脚 flesh. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 朋 (péng, friend).
Definitions
- foot
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 脚
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脚趾 | jiǎo zhǐ | toe |
| 手脚 | shǒu jiǎo | hand and foot |
| 脚踝 | jiǎo huái | ankle |
| 脚下 | jiǎo xià | under the foot |
| 蹩脚 | bié jiǎo | inferior |
| 大脚 | dà jiǎo | naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) |
| 脚尖 | jiǎo jiān | the extremity of the foot |
| 脚底 | jiǎo dǐ | soles of the feet |
| 落脚 | luò jiǎo | to stay for a time |
| 脚跟 | jiǎo gēn | heel |
| 绊脚石 | bàn jiǎo shí | stumbling block |
| 拳脚 | quán jiǎo | Chinese boxing |
| 马脚 | mǎ jiǎo | sth one wishes to conceal |
| 赤脚 | chì jiǎo | barefoot |
| 跺脚 | duò jiǎo | to stamp one's feet |
脚 appears in 100 compound words: 40 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 1 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 脚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (19)
to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
Showing 12 of 19 idioms containing 脚.
Example Sentences
新鞋磨脚，走了一天后脚后跟起了水泡。
Xīn xié mó jiǎo, zǒu le yì tiān hòu jiǎo hòugēn qǐ le shuǐpào.
New shoes rub against the feet; after walking all day, blisters formed on the heels.
历史上的今天/1958年台南安定乌脚病患赴台大医院治疗
lì shǐ shàng de jīn tiān 1 9 5 8 nián tái nán ān dìng wū jiǎo bìng huàn fù tái dà yī yuàn zhì liáo
Today in history/In 1958, a black-footed patient in Anding, Tainan went to National Taiwan University Hospital for treatment
健康主题馆/懒人减重法 抖脚、转笔、做家事、站着说话都行
jiàn kāng zhǔ tí guǎn lǎn rén jiǎn chóng fǎ dǒu jiǎo , zhuǎn bǐ , zuò jiā shì , zhàn zhe shuō huà dōu háng
Health theme hall/lazy weight loss method Shake your feet, turn the pen, do housework, stand and talk
冬天手脚冰冷 中医教你经络保养术
dōng tiān shǒu jiǎo bīng lěng zhōng yī jiào nǐ jīng lào bǎo yǎng shù
In winter, your hands and feet are cold, and traditional Chinese medicine teaches you meridian maintenance techniques
马年“识局”6 | 不想当“跛脚鸭”,特朗普能否守..
mǎ nián shí jú 6 bù xiǎng dāng 跛 jiǎo yā , tè lǎng pǔ néng fǒu shǒu . .
Year of the Horse "Knowing the Situation" 6 | If you don't want to be a "lame duck", can Trump keep it?
长城脚下天天有精彩,热闹至初七!怀柔民俗展演引...
cháng chéng jiǎo xià tiān tiān yǒu jīng cǎi , rè nào zhì chū qī ! huái róu mín sú zhǎn yǎn yǐn . . .
Every day at the foot of the Great Wall, until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year! Huairou Folklore Show...
脚上的伤是怎么回事？
Jiǎo shàng de shāng shì zěnmehuíshì?
How did you get this injury on your foot?
脚踝脚踝你在哪里？
Jiǎohuái jiǎohuái nǐ zài nǎlǐ?
Ankle, ankle, where are you?
你最后一次赤脚在草地上走是什么时候？
Nǐ zuìhòu yī cì chìjiǎo zài cǎodì shàng zǒu shì shénme shíhou?
When was the last time you walked barefoot on a meadow?
你什么时候买的这辆脚踏车？
Nǐ shénmeshíhou mǎi de zhè liàng jiǎotàchē?
When did you buy this bicycle?
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