足

音読おんよみ: ソク

訓読くんよみ: あし・たりる・た

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Foot / Leg / To be sufficient

Conjugation
Tap for 足りる (be enough) Tap for 足す (add)
  • あし — foot / leg
  • 足音あしおと — footsteps
  • 足元あしもと — at one’s feet; step; footing
  • りる — to be enough
  • す — to add; to top up
  • 不足ふそく — shortage
  • 遠足えんそく — excursion / school trip
Compound - tap to expand
  • す — add on; supplement
  • ことりる — be sufficient; serve the purpose
  • ものりない — not enough; unsatisfying
  • 足手纏あしでまとい — a hindrance; a drag

“足” is easy to remember by thinking of feet in motion or the idea of being “enough” to complete a journey. It’s useful both for physical expressions and abstract ones like quantity or satisfaction.

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