恋脚癖
liàn​jiǎo​pǐ

foot fetish

恋 liàn love Simplified

Simplified form of 戀. Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

亦
亦 Simplified component
yì also

Shorthand of the phonetic 䜌 component in the traditional character 戀.

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

脚 jiǎo leg Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 却 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腳.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

却
却 Sound component
què but

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjak[k]ak leg, foot

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

癖 pǐ craving

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰeɡ
pʰeːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

戀 liàn to long for, love Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

䜌
䜌 Sound component
luán tie together
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljwenH[r]on-s to long for

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

腳 jiǎo leg Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 卻 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卻
卻 Sound component
què but

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjak[k]ak leg, foot

說文解字

《說文》：“腳，脛也。从肉，卻聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)