Onyomi: ソク · Kunyomi: あし, た.す, た.りる, た.る · Meanings: be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear, foot, leg
Kanji for be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear, foot, leg
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The kanji 足 depicts a foot, symbolizing walking, movement, or sufficiency. In ancient times, it represented the physical foot and the act of stepping forward. 足 came to mean foot, leg, or enough/sufficient, capturing both literal movement and the idea of adequacy.
A simple foot — 足 means foot, leg, or enough/sufficient.
Imagine your own foot stepping forward — that’s 足, the kanji for foot, walking, and sufficiency.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 足 | あし | foot, paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.) | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 足 | そく | counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc. | Counter |
| 足跡 | あしあと | footprints | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 足りる | たりる | to be sufficient, to be enough | common JLPT-N4 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 足す | たす | to add (numbers) | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 足る | たる | to be sufficient, to be enough | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 足し算 | たしざん | addition | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 足元 | あしもと | at one's feet, underfoot, one's step (as in "watch your step") | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 足首 | あしくび | ankle | common Noun |
| 足音 | あしおと | sound of footsteps | common Noun |