腳 (jiǎo)

foot; leg

How 腳 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
月 — moon
Traditional
腳
Simplified
脚

Components

腳 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

jiǎo
foot; leg; base; kick
jué
role

Common words using 腳

腳步 jiǎobù
footstep; step
光腳 guāngjiǎo
bare feet
動手動腳 dòngshǒudòngjiǎo
to come to blows; to paw; to grope
合腳 héjiǎo
fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
墊腳石 diànjiǎoshí
stepping stone; fig. person used to advance one's career
大腳 dàjiǎo
bigfoot (mythological animal popular in the US)
小腳 xiǎojiǎo
bound feet (traditional)
山腳 shānjiǎo
foot of a mountain
手忙腳亂 shǒumángjiǎoluàn
to act with confusion; to be in a flurry; to be flustered
手腳 shǒujiǎo
hand and foot; movement of limbs; action
抱佛腳 bàofójiǎo
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; panic measures in place of timely preparation
拳打腳踢 quándǎjiǎotī
lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up; fig. determined to sort out a problem

腳 in a sentence

週末很多人喜歡去河濱公園騎腳踏車。

Zhōumò hěn duō rén xǐhuān qù hébīn gōngyuán qí jiǎotàchē.

“Many people like to go to the riverside park to ride bicycles on weekends.”

How common is 腳?

腳 is the 788th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 85.1% of all running text.

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