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
脚印
jiǎoyìn
footprint
Characters in this word
印 yìn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 卩 — seal
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 雨后的泥路上留下了一串清晰的脚印。 Yǔ hòu de nílù shàng liúxià le yì chuàn qīngxī de jiǎoyìn. A series of clear footprints was left on the muddy road after the rain.
- 小孩在沙滩上留下了一排小小的脚印。 Xiǎohái zài shātān shàng liúxià le yì pái xiǎoxiǎo de jiǎoyìn. The child left a row of tiny footprints on the beach.
- 雪地里有一串脚印，一直通向那间小木屋。 Xuědì lǐ yǒu yí chuàn jiǎoyìn, yìzhí tōngxiàng nà jiān xiǎo mùwū. There is a line of footprints in the snow leading all the way to that little wooden cabin.
Related words
- 脚 jiǎo foot
- 脚步 jiǎobù footstep
- 绊脚石 bànjiǎoshí stumbling block; obstacle
- 脚踏实地 jiǎotāshídì down-to-earth; pragmatic
- 手脚 shǒujiǎo hands and feet; actions; tricks
- 指手画脚 zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo to gesticulate and criticise; to boss people around
- 打印 dǎyìn to print
- 复印 fùyìn to copy
- 印象 yìnxiàng impression
- 印刷 yìnshuā to print
- 印 yìn seal, stamp; to print
- 印章 yìnzhāng seal; stamp