Dong Chinese dictionary

jiǎo, jué

leg

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 卻 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卻 Sound component

què

but

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jiǎo

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

jué

variant of 角[jué]; role

Most common words with 腳

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