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足

7 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
口 止 足
leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
Kun:
あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
343 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 足 【ソク】 counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
  • 足跡 【アシアト】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
  • 俊足 【シュンソク】 swiftness of foot, fast runner, swift horse, fleet steed, person of great talent, gifted person
  • 土足 【ドソク】 shod feet, wearing shoes, muddy feet, dirty feet

Kun reading compounds

  • 足 【あし】 foot, paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.), leg, gait, pace, lower radical of a kanji, means of transportation, (one's) ride, money, coin
  • 足跡 【あしあと】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
  • 出足 【であし】 turnout (of people), start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.), beginning, initial charge, dash
  • 客足 【きゃくあし】 customer traffic, customers, custom
  • 足りる 【たりる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
  • 足る 【たる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
  • 足るを知る 【たるをしる】 to know one has enough, to be satisfied with one's lot in life
  • 足す 【たす】 to add (numbers), to add (something), to top up (with something), to take care of (e.g. one's business)

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あす、 おす、 たらし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zu2, ju4
Korean:
jog, ju

Spanish

  • pierna
  • pie
  • ser suficiente
  • pata
  • bastar

Portuguese

  • perna
  • pé
  • ser suficiente

French

  • jambe
  • pied
  • suffire
  • ajouter
  • compteur de paires de chaussures
29 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
36 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
51 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
305 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4546 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
135 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
90 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
461 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
58 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
58 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1759 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2714 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1386 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1287 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37365 Morohashi
2188 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5856 New Nelson (John Haig)
1279 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1372 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
338 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
67 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3770 2001 Kanji
7d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
6080.1 Four corner code
1-34-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8db3 Unicode hex code

元

4 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
二 儿 元
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲン、 ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code