脚
腳jué
#788 most
frequent character
role (variant of 角[jue2])
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
脚 has 月 meat or flesh as its meaning part and 却 què as its sound part. It first meant foot, then grew to leg and a measure word for kicks. Read jué, it means role or character and was borrowed for sound alone.
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