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jiǎo

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jiǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎo | jiao3
English translation
foot
leg (of an animal or an object)
base (of an object)
CL: shuāng
> Shuāng [shuāng], zhī
> zhǐ [zhī]
classifier for kicks
leg, foot; foundation, base
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jué | jue2
English translation
variant of Jué [jué]
role

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About jiǎo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

jiǎo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

flesh

Etymology of jiǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼却

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

què

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and què represents the sound. Simplified form of jiǎo .

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Example sentences using jiǎo

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diǎn 起脚 cái 勉强 miǎnqiǎng gòu zhāo 电钮 diàn niǔ .

By standing on tip - toe, I managed to reach the button.

zài 我们 wǒmen de 脚下 jiǎo xià , 大地 dà dì 裂开 liè kāi le ,安东尼 Ān dōng ní 大陆 Dà lù 变成 biàn chéng 了安东尼卡群岛 qún dǎo .

Beneath our very feet, the ground split and Antonica was splintered apart.

xiǎo gǒu zǎi 冲着 de 脚腕子 jiǎo wàn zi 汪汪 wāng wāng jiào .

The little dogs were yapping at my ankles.

jiǎo téng , dàn Huán 至于 zhìyú 不能 bù néng 行走 xíng zǒu .

The pain in her foot wasn't such as to stop her walking.

dūn zài 脚印 jiǎo yìn páng 仔细 zǐxì de 观察 guānchá .

He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely.

Words with jiǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiǎo foot jiǎo
脚步 jiǎo bù footstep腳步
手脚 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot手腳
脚趾 jiǎo zhǐ toe腳趾
脚踝 jiǎo huái ankle腳踝
脚印 jiǎo yìn footprint腳印
脚下 jiǎo xià under the foot腳下
双脚 shuāng jiǎo two legs雙腳
大脚 dà jiǎo long kick (soccer)大腳
蹩脚 bié jiǎo inferior蹩腳
脚尖 jiǎo jiān the extremity of the foot腳尖
指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to gesticulate while talking (idiom)指手畫腳
脚底 jiǎo dǐ soles of the feet腳底
赶脚 gǎn jiǎo to work as a carter or porter趕腳
脚踏实地 jiǎo tà shí dì steady and serious character腳踏實地
脚跟 jiǎo gēn heel腳跟
山脚 shān jiǎo foot of a mountain山腳
拳脚 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing拳腳
落脚 luò jiǎo to stop over落腳
小脚 xiǎo jiǎo bound feet (traditional)小腳
手忙脚乱 shǒu máng jiǎo luàn to act with confusion手忙腳亂
脚踏车 jiǎo tà chē bicycle腳踏車
脚趾头 jiǎo zhǐ tou toe腳趾頭
绊脚石 bàn jiǎo shí obstacle絆腳石
脚本 jiǎo běn script腳本

jiǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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jiǎo Decomposition

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