濯足
zhuó​zú

wash feet

濯 zhuó, zhào, shuò wash out

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

翟
翟 Unknown component
dí, zhái a kind of pheasant

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdræwHlˤrewk-swash clothes
dræwklˤrewkwash
Zhengzhangr'eːwɢs
r'eːwɢ
Unicodedjhak

說文解字

𤃬也。从水翟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

足 zú foot

Pictograph of a foot (止) attached to a leg.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a leg.

止
止 Iconic component
zhǐ (foot), stop

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (18 of 118 verified)

路跟跑跳距跃踪践跌踏跨跪踢躁蹲踩蹄蹈蹦跋踱趾踉踌躇跄蹬踞蹑蹋踵蹭跤跷跺蹿蹂躏跛踊跚踝蹊跻蹒蹩蹶龊踹踮趺蹴跸蹇蹼跏踔踽趿跎踅跞跹趸跗跆蹚踯跣跫蹰蹉蹀踟跶趵跖跬趼跽躞踬蹁蹯躐躜跐踣蹟躔蹤跡踐跂躍踘踺蹣蹌踥踴躉蹡蹧躑躋躡躚躊躂躥齪蹺躓踶躕䠀躪

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

促捉蹙蹴浞躅

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjuH[ts]ok-s replenish
tsjowk[ts]ok sufficient
tsjowk[ts]ok foot

說文解字

《說文》：“足，人之足也，在下。从止、囗。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.143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)