Additional information about 跖
說文解字: 【跖】，足下也。从足、石聲。 【之石切】
- Criteria
- VILLAIN
1. The most general and comprehensive term for a villain is zéi 賊, and the basic association is with the damage he does. There is no special association with murder or thievery.
2. Kòu 寇 refers to thugs and robbers, particularly enemies of the state.
3. Dào 盜 refers to thieves or the more ordinary kind, and burglars, and the basic association is with the property he romoves. Note that Dào Zhí 盜跖 is something of a euphemism, since this gentleman was an arch-villain of great dimension.
4. Yì 役 is occasionally used for a scoundrel.
- 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.