FOOT  腳足／趾

MOST LOW HORIZONTAL PART of the LEG.
Hypernym
  • ANKLEThe JOINT BETWEEN FOOT AND LEG.
    • CLAWSSHARP END of TOES of ANIMALS, TYPICALLY FELINES.
      • HEELBACK PART of the FOOT.
        • HOOFHARD BOTTOM of the FOOT of HORSES ETC..
          • TOEMOST MOBILE PART at the END of THE FOOT.
            See also
            • FOOTPRINTTRACE PRODUCED by a FOOT ON a SURFACE.
              Old Chinese Criteria
              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.

              黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
              HUANG JINGUI 2006

              BODY 39.

              足，人體下肢的總稱。

              股，大腿。

              脛，小腿。

              腳，本是小腿，口語中也指整條腿；專指腳掌。

              腿，大腿和小腿的總稱。趾（止），腳掌最早的稱呼。

              Modern Chinese Criteria
              腳

              腿

              足

              rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

              Words

              足  zú OC: tsoɡ MC: tsi̯ok 40 AttributionsWD

              The general word for a foot is zú 足.

                Word relations
              • Object: 斬/CUT Zhǎn 斬, fá 伐, zhuó 斫, zhuó 斲 describe the violent hacking off of a part from a whole.
              • Assoc: 手/HAND The standard word is shǒu 手 "hand", which can refer to the arm as a whole.
              • Oppos: 頭/HEAD Tóu 頭 is probably a dialect word meaning "head" and in any case the word seems to have a colloquial flavour.

                Syntactic words
              • nfoot; feet
              • n(post-N)definitethe foot of the contextually determinate personCH
              • n(post-N.)adVby means of N's feetCH
              • n[post-N]one's feetDS
              • nadNconcerning foot; of footDS
              • nadVinstrumenton foot
              • npost-Nderivedat the foot ofCH
              趾  zhǐ OC: kljɯʔ MC: tɕɨ 10 AttributionsWD

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

                Syntactic words
              • nfoot; feet
              腳  jiǎo OC: kaɡ MC: ki̯ɐk 3 AttributionsWD

              Jiǎo 腳 is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times and refers to the foot.

                Syntactic words
              • nSHIJI: foot
              蹯  fán OC: ban MC: bi̯ɐn
              膰  fán OC: ban MC: bi̯ɐn 3 AttributionsWD

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

                Syntactic words
              • npaw of a (mostly predatory) animal
              跪  guì OC: ɡrolʔ MC: giɛ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • nfoot (XUN)
              腳跟  jiǎo gēn OC: kaɡ kɯɯn MC: ki̯ɐk kən 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPfoot, feet
              跂  kuǐ MC: khjwieX OC: kheʔCH 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • nadVusing many-toed feetCH
              疋  shū OC: sqra MC: ʂi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nfoot (SHUOWEN)
              趺  fū OC: pa MC: pi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • ninstep, upper part of the foot from the toes to the ancle[THAT WORD IS VERY LATE not current before SONG][CA]
              跖  zhí OC: tjaɡ MC: tɕiɛk
              蹠  zhí OC: kljaɡ MC: tɕiɛk 0 AttributionsWD

              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.

                Syntactic words
              • nfoot
              跟  gēn OC: kɯɯn MC: kən 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nSHUOWEN: heel
              蹄  tí OC: ɡ-lee MC: dei 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nrare: tiger's foot or bear's foot
              隨  suí MC: zjwe OC: sɢlol 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nfoot (YI) ???
              止  zhǐ OC: kljɯʔ MC: tɕɨ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • n=趾 foot HANSHU: 斬左趾 "cut off the left foot".

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