Foot Radical (足) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
足 is the foot radical. It appears in 18 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 足 mean?
Foot radical · 足 zú · 7 strokes · foot
It usually appears on the left of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 足
足 itself: The leg 口 above the foot
12 common characters with 足
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 路 | lù | road; distance | 各 supplies the sound |
| 跟 | gēn | [indicating relationship, involvement, or comparison] with | 艮 supplies the sound |
| 跑 | pǎo | run | 包 supplies the sound |
| 跳 | tiào | jump | 兆 supplies the sound |
| 促 | cù | (bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten… | Someone 亻 on your heels 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation |
| 距 | jù | to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distan… | 巨 supplies the sound |
| 跃 | yuè | leap, jump | 夭 supplies the sound |
| 践 | jiàn | to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk | 戋 supplies the sound |
| 跨 | kuà | step across, stride, step forward; overarch | 夸 supplies the sound |
| 踏 | tà | step on | 沓 supplies the sound |
| 跌 | diē | fall; (price) drop | To lose 失 one's footing 足 |
| 踪 | zōng | (bound form) footprint | 宗 supplies the sound |
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- 走Walk radical · zǒu10 common characters · to walk, to run
- 车Vehicle radical · chē18 common characters · cart, vehicle
- 辶Go radical · chuò53 common characters · to walk, to go; movement
- 酉Wine radical · yǒu8 common characters · wine; a wine jar
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