Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 脚

脚

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Meaning

 foot, leg, base

Pronunciation

 jiǎo, jué

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 却 (Leaving 去 in a bowed卩 position is a retreat.) [to leave 去 = Below ground 土 is the nose 厶 that has left.]

Mnemonic

The body part for making a retreat [= the leaving in a bowed position] is: the foot.

Radicals

肉 meat(and body parts)
去 to go away, to cause to go
厶 private, nose(Side view of a nose that is facing to the left.)
卩 bent person(shows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕 sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫))
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Vocabulary

脚步 jiǎo bù footstep; step
高脚椅 gāo jiǎo yǐ stool (chair); high chair
裹脚 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding; long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
脚趾 jiǎo zhǐ toe
绊脚石 bàn jiǎo shí stumbling block; obstacle
跌脚捶胸 diē jiǎo chuí xiōng lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
脚踝 jiǎo huái ankle

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