ChiramiN4 kanji · 7 strokes
足 means foot, leg
足
足Real origin
It began as a knee above a foot: leg, foot. Also: enough.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- leg, foot, be sufficient
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) あし ashi
あし (ashi) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: たりる tariru, たる taru, たす tasu
From Chinese (onyomi) ソク soku
ソク (soku) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
足りる たりる · tariru
to be sufficient, to be enough
Built from
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止 Used in 41 kanji
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What does 足 mean?
Right: 足 means foot, leg.Not quite: 足 means foot, leg.In 足りる, which reading does 足 use?
Right. 足りる is read たりる (tariru): 足 takes た, its Japanese reading, with りる after it.Not quite. 足りる is read たりる (tariru): 足 takes た, its Japanese reading, with りる after it.