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to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脚* | 脚* | *脚
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
HSK 2
pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
HSK 2
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  *顿* | 顿* | *顿
to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
HSK 3
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  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
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  *尺* | 尺* | *尺
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: ,
HSK 4
to go on foot / to walk
HSK 4
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  *足* | 足* | *足
(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
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  *拨* | 拨* | *拨
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
HSK 7-9
to be on foot
HSK 7-9
all over / from head to foot
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
HSK 7-9
to set foot on / to step on or into
HSK 7-9
to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable
the extremity of the foot
arch of the foot
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier
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  *徒* | 徒* | *徒
(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒 "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave
moisture / humidity / athlete's foot / tinea / eczema
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  *亍* | 亍* | *亍
to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍)
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  *蹲* | 蹲* | *蹲
(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
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  *掌* | 掌* | *掌
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield
foot of a mountain
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
under the foot
instep (upper surface of the foot)
to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
corn (callus on the foot)
the sole of the foot
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
foot bath
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  *彳* | 彳* | *彳
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麓* | 麓* | *麓
foot of a hill
bare foot / to be barefoot
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  *跷* | 跷* | *跷
to raise one's foot / to stand on tiptoe / stilts
the sole of the foot
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up
lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home
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  *疋* | 疋* | *疋
foot
foot massage
athlete's foot; tinea pedis / beriberi
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  *呎* | 呎* | *呎
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) / old form of modern 英尺
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  *跖* | 跖* | *跖
metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on
instep (upper surface of the foot)
(four-footed) animal / beast
(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
foot of a wall
to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
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  *陬* | 陬* | *陬
corner / foot of mountain
athlete's foot
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  *蹀* | 蹀* | *蹀
to tread on / to stamp one's foot
one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跂* | 跂* | *跂
foot
bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
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  *攧* | 攧* | *攧
to fall / to stamp (one's foot) / to toss / to throw
athlete's foot
foot-binding
to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people)
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  *膇* | 膇* | *膇
swelling of foot
paws (of small animal) / foot of a utensil / stupid person
to go on foot (idiom) / to do things at a leisurely pace
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跐* | 跐* | *跐
to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot
pawn (i.e. foot soldier) / servant / lackey (of malefactor)
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  *跷* | 跷* | *跷
variant of 蹺|跷 / to raise one's foot / stilts
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  *腄* | 腄* | *腄
callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
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  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
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  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
(coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
to set foot in / to tread (in or on) / to walk into
to stamp one's foot (in anger)
to travel on foot / (informal) to run off / to abscond
(slang) foot fetishist
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
foot fetish
to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault
burial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree
to stamp one's foot / to kick
foot drill (military, physical exercises etc)
from head to foot
arch (of a foot)
athlete's foot
lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
swift feet / fleet-footed runner
(historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)
(coll.) foot
silk loom with a foot peddle
theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group) / suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs
human hand foot and mouth disease, a viral infection
to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
Manchurian foot soldier

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