足

足

Meanings: foot, feet, leg, sufficient, enough On Readings: ソク soku Kun Readings: あし ashi, た（す） ta(su), た（る） ta(ru), た（りる） ta(riru) Most Used Pronunciation: ashi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 足 Stroke Number: 7

Level 4 Completion 98 / 103

Common jukugo
右足 - みぎ　あし migi ashi - right leg
足首 - あし　くび ashi kubi - ankle
足跡 - あし　あと ashi ato - footprint
遠足 - えん　そく en soku - trip, hike, picnic
足の指 - あし　の　ゆび ashi no yubi - toe

Useful Examples
Japanese: 左足が痛い。
Romaji: hidari ashi ga itai
English: (My) left foot hurts.

Japanese: ５＋１０の足し算はやさしい。
Romaji: 5+10 no tashizan wa yasashii.
English: It is easy to add 5 to 10.

Japanese: 水不足は多くの不自由を生じさせる。
Romaji: mizu busoku wa ooku no fujiyuu o shouji saseru.
English: A water shortage causes a lot of inconvenience.

Look alike kanji
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Notes/Mnemonic
A person doing a split with his legs When you say, 'ashi' it means both leg and foot. Japanese doesn't distinguish where one starts and the other stops

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.