Meaning
foot; to be sufficient
Chinese: 脚；也表示足够。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zu” becomes a different word in each tone. 足 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
- 满足mǎn zúto satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content
- 足够zú gòuenough; sufficient
- 不足bù zúinsufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough
- 十足shí zúample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
More Words
Example Sentence
睡眠充足才有精神。Shuì mián chōng zú cái yǒu jīng shen.Only with enough sleep do you have energy.
睡眠Shuì miánsleep充足chōng zúadequate才cáiability有yǒuto have精神jīng shenspirit。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a leg and foot: the box on top is the knee or ankle joint and the 止 below is the foot itself. It means ‘foot’ and, by extension, ‘enough’.
A way to remember it
A joint on top, a foot below — the whole foot.
Easy to confuse with
- 走‘To walk’: also ends in a foot (止), but the top is a striding body, not a joint.