Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 奚 represents the sound.
奚 Sound component
xī
where? what? how? why?
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernFreq. | Word | Meaning |
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| 蹊跷 | odd |
| 另辟蹊径 | to find an alternative |
| 独辟蹊径 | to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality |
| 蹊径 | path |
| 蹊 | footpath |