足

音読おんよみ: ソク

訓読くんよみ: あし・たりる

画数かくすう: 7 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Foot; leg; to be sufficient

  • あし — foot / leg
  • 足音あしおと — footsteps
  • 足元あしもと — at one’s feet
  • りる — to be enough
  • 不足ふそく — shortage
  • 遠足えんそく — excursion / school trip

“足” is easy to remember by thinking of feet in motion or the idea of being “enough” to complete a journey. It’s useful both for physical expressions and abstract ones like quantity or satisfaction.

あしはやいです。
He is fast on his feet.

睡眠すいみんそくしています。
I haven’t had enough sleep.

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Creates
不足ふそく:Shortage
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