Taxonomy of meanings for 腳:　　

  • 腳 jiǎo (OC: kaɡ MC: kiɐk) 居勺切 入 廣韻：【釋名曰腳卻也以其坐時卻在後也居勺切五 】
  • 腳 jiǎo (OC: kaɡ MC: kiɐk) 居勺切 入 廣韻：【俗腳 】

    Additional information about 腳

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      Criteria
    • LEG

      1. The current general word for the leg as a whole is the same as that for the foot, zú 足, but the word can also be used in a broader meaning including the shin.

      2. Jiǎo 腳 is an exceedingly rare colloquial word for the foot but can occasionally be used to refer also to the shin.

      NB: Tuǐ 腿 is late colloquial (MING).

    • FOOT

      1. The general word for a foot is zú 足.

      2. Zhǐ 趾／止 is an archaic word for the foot.

      3. Fán 蹯／膰 refers to the paws of predatory animals.

      4. Zhí 跖 (to be distinguished from the also anciently homophonous zhí 蹠 "jump over") is a (probably colloquial) exceedingly rare word for the sole of a foot.

      5. Jiǎo 腳 is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times.