jiǎojué

leg

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

却 sound component

  Sound component

què

  

but

Evolution

脚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脚 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
脚 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
脚 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jiǎo

foot; base, leg, foundation; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:|[shuāng],|[zhī]; classifier for kicks

() 

jué

variant of [jué]; role

Most common words with 脚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

foot

脚步

footstep

手脚

hand and foot

脚趾

toe

脚踝

ankle