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足
足
足 (U+8DB3) "foot"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	zú
Bopomofo:	ㄗㄨˊ
Wade–Giles:	tsu2
Cantonese Yale:	juk1
Jyutping:	zuk1, zeoi3
Japanese Kana:	ショク shoku / ソク soku (on'yomi); あし ashi / たる taru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	족 jok
Hán-Việt:	túc
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Left) 足字旁 zúzìpáng; (Bottom) 足字底 zúzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):	足/あし ashi; (Left) 足偏/あしへん ashihen
Hangul:	발 bal
Stroke order animation

Radical 157 or radical foot (足部) meaning "foot" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 580 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

足 is also the 158th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Bronze script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	足
+2	趴
+3	趵趶趷趸^SC (=躉)
+4	趹趺趻趽趾趿跀跁跂跃^SC (=躍) 跄^SC (=蹌)
+5	跅跆跇跈跉跊跋跌跍跎跏跐跑跒跓跔跕跖跗跘跙跚跛跜距跞^SC (=躒) 践^SC (=踐)
+6	践^JP (=踐) 趼跟跠跡跢跣跤跥 (=跺) 跦跧跨跩跪跫跬跭跮路跰跱跲跳跴跶^SC (=躂) 跷^SC (=蹺) 跸^SC (=蹕) 跹^SC (=躚) 跺跻^SC (=躋)
+7	跼跽跾跿踀踁 (=脛 -> 肉) 踂踃踄踅踆踇踈^JP (=疏 -> 疋) 踉踊^SC (=踴) 踋踌^SC (=躊) 踍踎
+8	踏踐踑踒踓踔踕踖踗踘 (=鞠 -> 革) 踙踚踛踜踝踞踟踠踡踢踣踤踥踦踧踨踩踪^SC/JP (=蹤) 踬^SC (=躓) 踭踮踯^SC (=躑) 踺
+9	踫 (=碰 -> 石) 踰 (=逾 -> 辵 / 窬 -> 穴) 踱踲踳踴踵踶踷踸踹踻踼踽踾踿蹀蹁蹂蹃蹄蹅
+10	蹆蹇蹈蹉蹊蹋蹌蹍蹎蹏 (=蹄) 蹐蹑^SC (=躡) 蹒^SC (=蹣) 蹓
+11	蹔 (=暫 -> 日) 蹕蹖蹗蹘蹙蹚蹛蹜蹝蹞 (=跬) 蹟 (=跡) 蹠 (=跖) 蹡蹢蹣蹤蹥蹦蹧 (=糟 -> 米) 蹮躀
+12	蹨蹩蹪蹫蹬蹭蹯蹰^SC (=躕) 蹱蹲蹳蹴蹵 (=蹴) 蹶蹷蹸蹹蹺蹻蹼蹽蹾蹿^SC (=躥)
+13	躁躂躃躄躅躆躇躈躉
+14	躊躋躌 (=䟼) 躍躎躏^SC (=躪)
+15	躐躑躒躓躔躕躖
+16	躗躘躙躚躛躜^SC (=躦)
+17	躝躞躟躠
+18	躡躢躣躤躥
+19	躦躧
+20	躩躪
+21	躨

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a first grade kanji^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.