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足 = 口 + 龰

足 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “leg”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 龰 (mending). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1372. It appears as a component in 19 other characters in this index.

Keyword
leg
RTK frame
1372
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あし, た.りる, た.る, た.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
wooden leg, нога, foot
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
足 foot

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 龰 mending

Alternative decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 止 stop

Characters that contain 足

How to find 足 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “mending”. 足 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 足 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.