KANJI: SOKU ashi (leg, foot, sufficient)

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Character Etymology:

A variant of the radical for foot combined with a large square character representing a kneecap, giving the meaning of the character to be (lower) leg. Also, borrowed phonetically to express the meaning of suffice, though this character may have been selected because it may also have lent an idea of able.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: SOKU
kun-yomi: ashi ta(riru) ta(ru) ta(su)

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: a asu osu tarashi

English Definitions:

1. SOKU: foot; leg; counter for pairs of footwear.
2. ashi: foot; leg; paw; flipper; tentacles; arms; walk, step, pace, speed; footing; draft (of a ship); foot (of a mountain); trace; deficit, shortage.
3. ashi, (o)ashi: money.
4. ta(ru), ta(riru): be sufficient, suffice; serve.
5. ta(su): add to, add up; make up for; make good; supply; suppliment.
6. ta(rinai), ta(rannai), ta(ranu), ta(razu): be insuffcient, lack; be missing; be unworthy; be not worth it; dull; stupid.
7. ta(rinasa): insufficiency, shortcomings.
8. ta(shi): complement, supplement; making up; supply; help.
9. -soku: pair (a [counter).

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 5856
Henshall: 51

Unicode Encoded Version:

足

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

足早 (ashibaya): quick, swift-footed.
足首 (ashikubi): ankle.
足軽 (ashigaru): footman, foot soldier; lowest samurai.

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