FOOT    腳足／趾

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 ／
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See also
  • FOOTPRINTTRACE PRODUCED by a FOOT ON a SURFACE.
Hypernym
    Other Hypernyms
    • N/A　 (anc: 3/0, child: 85)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.37

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 275

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 354

  • 東漢﹣隨常用詞演變研究 ( WANG WEIHUI 2000) p. 40

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 127

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1353

    趾，止，址，阯

    1. These characters represent one and the same word.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1354

    蹠，跖

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 65ff

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    FEET

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 95

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 97

    • Words (14 items)

    足  zú OC: tsoɡ MC: tsi̯ok 40 Attributions

    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 Attributions

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

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

    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 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • npaw of a (mostly predatory) animal
    跂  kuǐ MC: khjwieX OC: kheʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadVusing many-toed feetCH
    跪  guì OC: ɡrolʔ MC: giɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nfoot (XUN)
    腳跟  jiǎo gēn OC: kaɡ kɯɯn MC: ki̯ɐk kən 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPfoot, feet
    趺  fū OC: pa MC: pi̯o 0 Attributions
      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 Attributions

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