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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: a asu osu tarashi
- SOKU: foot; leg; counter for pairs of footwear.
- ashi: foot; leg; paw; flipper; tentacles; arms; walk, step, pace, speed; footing; draft (of a ship); foot (of a mountain); trace; deficit, shortage.
- ashi, (o)ashi: money.
- ta(ru), ta(riru): be sufficient, suffice; serve.
- ta(su): add to, add up; make up for; make good; supply; suppliment.
- ta(rinai), ta(rannai), ta(ranu), ta(razu): be insuffcient, lack; be missing; be unworthy; be not worth it; dull; stupid.
- ta(rinasa): insufficiency, shortcomings.
- ta(shi): complement, supplement; making up; supply; help.
- -soku: pair (a [counter).
New Nelson: 5856
Henshall: 51
足
足早 (ashibaya): quick, swift-footed.
足首 (ashikubi): ankle.
足軽 (ashigaru): footman, foot soldier; lowest samurai.
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