The kanji 足: meaning, readings and stroke order

足

Meaning: foot, enough
On reading: ソク soku
Kun reading: あし ashi、た（りる） tariru、た（る） taru、た（す） tasu
Strokes: 7
Radical: 足 foot
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chân, đủ (túc)
Japanese: あし。たりる。
Korean: 발, 충분하다 (족)
Chinese: 脚、足够

Readings, words and example sentences

ソク soku · on reading

一いっ足そく
one pair (of shoes)
あたらしいくつが 一いっ足そく あります。
I have a new pair of shoes.

あし ashi · kun reading

足あし
foot, leg
はしりすぎて 足あしがいたいです。
I ran too much, so my legs hurt.

た（りる） tariru · kun reading

足たりる
to be enough
お金が 足たりません。
I don't have enough money.

た（る） taru · kun reading · less common

足たる
to be enough (old word)
足たるを しる人はしあわせです。
People who know they have enough are happy.

た（す） tasu · kun reading

足たす
to add
二に三を 足たすと 五です。
Two plus three is five.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.