How to write 足 (zú, “sufficient”)
足, an HSK 2 character, is read zú for “sufficient” and “foot”, and also jù (“excessive”). It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, down from level 3 in the 2021 standard. On its own it is an HSK 6 word; it also forms 足球 (“soccer”), 不足 (“insufficient”) and 满足 (“to satisfy”). Japanese reads it ashi, “leg”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- zú, jù
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 足 (“sufficient”)
Stroke by stroke
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- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕toprightwards → down and left
- Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒leftdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏leftdown and right → rightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 7 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| zú second tone | sufficient; ample; (bound form) foot; leg; as much as; fully | — | 足球 不足 满足 足够 |
| jù fourth tone | excessive | — | — |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 3
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 5 word
- Words with it
- 169 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 足
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 足 | zú | foot; leg HSK 6 |
| 足球 | zúqiú | soccer; football HSK 2 |
| 不足 | bùzú | insufficient; lacking HSK 5 |
| 满足 滿足 | mǎnzú | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of) HSK 5 |
| 足够 足夠 | zúgòu | enough; sufficient HSK 5 |
| 充足 | chōngzú | adequate; sufficient HSK 5 |
| 十足 | shízú | ample; complete HSK 6 |
| 足以 | zúyǐ | sufficient to...; so much so that HSK 6 |
| 知足 | zhīzú | content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness) HSK 7-9 |
| 长足 長足 | chángzú | remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc) HSK 7-9 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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