足

Mandarin · pinyin jù#

Meanings · jù

  1. excessive
Mandarin · pinyin zú#

Meanings · zú

  1. (bound form) foot; leg
  2. sufficient; ample
  3. as much as; fully
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足
zú · foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156
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4 · ju4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeoi3 · zuk1 · zyu3

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (anatomy) foot
  2. (anatomy) leg (of an animal)
  3. leg (of an object)
  4. (in compounds) football; soccer
  5. to walk
  6. to tread; to stamp; to step
  7. a surname, Zu

character · Etymology 2

  1. to satisfy; to fulfill
  2. to stop; to cease
  3. enough; sufficient; not lacking
  4. abundant; affluent
  5. (literary, or in compounds) to be worthy of; to warrant
  6. fully; entirely
  7. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) very; quite
  8. can; may

character · Etymology 3

  1. (literary) overly; excessively
  2. (literary) to replenish; to augment

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