脚 – skids, leg, undercarriage

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1228 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 脚 means skids, leg, undercarriage, lower part, base. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キャク、キャ、カク (kyaku, kya, kaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あし (ashi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キャク	kyaku
On’yomi	キャ	kya
On’yomi	カク	kaku
Kun’yomi	あし	ashi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・土・卩・厶.

Words using 脚

脚色きゃくしょくdramatization (e.g. of a novel)脚本きゃくほんscript失脚しっきゃくlosing one's position

Example sentences

この劇は小説から脚色したものです。

This play was adapted from the novel.

Tatoeba #222181

脚本を書いていて、行き詰まった時はどうする？

What do you do when you get writer's block while writing a script?

Tatoeba #74537

彼は放漫だったので失脚した。

He lost his job through his irresponsibility.

Tatoeba #100047

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐腹膨腰

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