Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 足 (あし) – foot

Henshall Mnemonic: round knee and foot suffice to show leg

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #343 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.
Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
Click [D] to look up the word at WWWJDIC (definition is the same but other useful features exist).
Click [Jisho] to look up the word at Jisho.org.

JLPT N5 Words

• 足   [あし]
  (n) foot; pace; gait; leg   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 足す   [たす]
  (v5s) (1) to add (numbers); (2) to do (e.g. one's business)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足りる   [たりる]
  (v1) to be sufficient; to be enough   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 不足   [ふそく]
  (adj-na,n,vs) insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 満足   [まんぞく]
  (adj-na,n,vs) satisfaction   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 足跡   [あしあと]
  (n) footprints   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足袋   [たび]
  (n) tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 遠足   [えんそく]
  (n) trip; hike; picnic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足る   [たる]
  (v5r) to be sufficient; to be enough   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足元   [あしもと]
  (n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 裸足   [はだし]
  (n) barefoot   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 駆け足   [かけあし]
  (n) running fast; double time   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 発足   [ほっそく]
  (n) starting; inauguration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 物足りない   [ものたりない]
  (adj) unsatisfied; unsatisfactory   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足し算   [たしざん]
  (n) addition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 補足   [ほそく]
  (n) supplement; complement   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 足取り   [あしどり]
  (n) gait; manner of walking (swimming)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足首   [あしくび]
  (n) ankle   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足場   [あしば]
  (n) scaffold; footing; foothold   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 両足   [りょうあし]
  (n) both feet; both legs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足跡   [そくせき]
  (n) footprints   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足早   [あしばや]
  (adj-na,n-adv,n) quick-footed; light-footed; quick pace   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足踏み   [あしぶみ]
  (n,vs) stepping; stamping; marking time   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足並み   [あしなみ]
  (n) pace; step   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出足   [であし]
  (n) start; turnout   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 手足   [てあし]
  (n) one's hands and feet; limbs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 土足   [どそく]
  (n) shoes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 付け足す   [つけたす]
  (v5s) to add to   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一足   [いっそく]
  (n-adv,n-t) pair (footwear)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一足   [ひとあし]
  (n) step   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 勇み足   [いさみあし]
  (n) overeagerness; rashness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 充足   [じゅうそく]
  (n) sufficiency   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 逃げ足   [にげあし]
  (n) running away; escaping on foot   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 用足し   [ようたし]
  (n) (transaction of) business; purveyor; going to the washroom   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 客足   [きゃくあし]
  (n) customers   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 俊足   [しゅんそく]
  (n) swift horse; talented person   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足音   [あしおと]
  (n) footsteps (sound)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足掛かり   [あしがかり]
  (n) foothold   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足腰   [あしこし]
  (n) legs and loins   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足止め   [あしどめ]
  (n,vs) house arrest; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 足 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.