足 zú foot
foot; enough
How it came to be
A whole leg: the knee at the top as a square, the shin below it, and the foot turned out at the bottom.
How it is used
- Two senses: literal 'foot' - 足球 (zúqiú) soccer, 手足 (shǒuzú) brothers; and 'enough/ample' - 足够 (zúgòu) enough, 满足 (mǎnzú) to satisfy.
- 充足 (chōngzú) 'ample/sufficient', 不足 (bùzú) insufficient - the 'adequacy' thread.
- 足以 (zúyǐ) 'enough to' + verb: 足以证明 (zúyǐ zhèngmíng) enough to prove.
Characters built with 足
Words with 足
- 足球zúqiúsoccerHSK 2
- 不足bùzúinsufficientHSK 5
- 充足chōngzúadequateHSK 5
- 满足mǎnzúto satisfyHSK 5
- 足够zúgòuenoughHSK 5
- 十足shízúampleHSK 6
- 足以zúyǐsufficient to...HSK 6
- 举足轻重jǔzú-qīngzhòngto play a critical role (idiom)HSK 7
- 富足fùzúrichHSK 7
- 微不足道wēibùzúdàonegligibleHSK 7
- 知足zhīzúcontent with one's situationHSK 7
- 知足常乐zhīzú-chánglèsatisfied with what one has (idiom)HSK 7
- 美中不足měizhōng-bùzúeverything is fine except for one small defectHSK 7
- 足不出户zúbùchūhùliterally not putting a foot outsideHSK 7
- 长足chángzúremarkableHSK 7
- 画蛇添足huàshé-tiānzúliterally draw legs on a snake (idiom)HSK 9
- 立足lìzúto standHSK 9
- 足智多谋zúzhì-duōmóuresourcefulHSK 9
- 足迹zújìfootprintHSK 9
- 驻足zhùzúto stop (walking)HSK 9
Example sentences
- 他们在踢足球。 Tāmen zài tī zúqiú.They're playing soccer.