KumiJi Glyph Explorer › Browse

脚 = 月 + 却

脚 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shins”. It is built from 月 (month) and 却 (instead). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1498.

Keyword
shins
RTK frame
1498
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キャク, キャ, カク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
skids, голень
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
脚 leg

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 却 instead

How to find 脚 without knowing its reading

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

Open 脚 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.