脚 jiǎo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 却 still, but
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脚步
jiǎobù
footstep
Characters in this word
步 bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 脚步很轻。 Jiǎobù hěn qīng. The footsteps are very light.
- 我听见脚步。 Wǒ tīngjiàn jiǎobù. I hear footsteps.
- 他的脚步很快。 Tā de jiǎobù hěn kuài. His footsteps are very fast.