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趾

趾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つま先, 足の指
  2. 足跡

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「足」+音符「止」。「あし」を意味する漢語｛趾｝を表す字。もと「止」が｛趾｝を表す字であったが、足偏を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

footprint, remains

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シ
Kun (native)
  • あと
  • はや(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi3
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChỉ

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
足(あし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8DBE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𧾷止

Words using this kanji

  • 趾骨しこつ足趾を形づくる骨。phalanx (of the foot), phalange
  • 趾行性しこうせいdigitigrade (walking on the toes)
  • 趾蹠皮膚炎しせきひふえんfootpad dermatitis (in animals), FPD

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

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Lookup codes

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