Radical 157 or radical foot (足部) meaning "foot" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 580 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

足 is also the 158th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0
+2
+3趵 趶 趷 趸SC (=躉)
+4趹 趺 趻 趽 趾 趿 跀 跁 跂 跃SC (=躍) 跄SC (=蹌)
+5跅 跆 跇 跈 跉 跊 跋 跌 跍 跎 跏 跐 跑 跒 跓 跔 跕 跖 跗 跘 跙 跚 跛 跜 距 跞SC (=躒) 践SC (=踐)
+6践JP (=踐) 趼 跟 跠 跡 跢 跣 跤 跥 (=跺) 跦 跧 跨 跩 跪 跫 跬 跭 跮 路 跰 跱 跲 跳 跴 跶SC (=躂) 跷SC (=蹺) 跸SC (=蹕) 跹SC (=躚) 跺 跻SC (=躋)
+7跼 跽 跾 跿 踀 踁 (=脛 -> ) 踂 踃 踄 踅 踆 踇 踈JP (=疏 -> ) 踉 踊SC (=踴) 踋 踌SC (=躊) 踍 踎
+8踏 踐 踑 踒 踓 踔 踕 踖 踗 踘 (=鞠 -> ) 踙 踚 踛 踜 踝 踞 踟 踠 踡 踢 踣 踤 踥 踦 踧 踨 踩 踪SC/JP (=蹤) 踬SC (=躓) 踭 踮 踯SC (=躑) 踺
+9踫 (=碰 -> ) 踰 (=逾 -> / 窬 -> ) 踱 踲 踳 踴 踵 踶 踷 踸 踹 踻 踼 踽 踾 踿 蹀 蹁 蹂 蹃 蹄 蹅
+10蹆 蹇 蹈 蹉 蹊 蹋 蹌 蹍 蹎 蹏 (=蹄) 蹐 蹑SC (=躡) 蹒SC (=蹣) 蹓
+11蹔 (=暫 -> ) 蹕 蹖 蹗 蹘 蹙 蹚 蹛 蹜 蹝 蹞 (=跬) 蹟 (=跡) 蹠 (=跖) 蹡 蹢 蹣 蹤 蹥 蹦 蹧 (=糟 -> ) 蹮 躀
+12蹨 蹩 蹪 蹫 蹬 蹭 蹯 蹰SC (=躕) 蹱 蹲 蹳 蹴 蹵 (=蹴) 蹶 蹷 蹸 蹹 蹺 蹻 蹼 蹽 蹾 蹿SC (=躥)
+13躁 躂 躃 躄 躅 躆 躇 躈 躉
+14躊 躋 躌 (=䟼) 躍 躎 躏SC (=躪)
+15躐 躑 躒 躓 躔 躕 躖
+16躗 躘 躙 躚 躛 躜SC (=躦)
+17躝 躞 躟 躠
+18躡 躢 躣 躤 躥
+19躦 躧
+20躩 躪
+21

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

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