Memory phrase for the character: 脚

脚

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Meaning

leg, foot

Pronunciation

 KYAKU, KYA
ashi

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: instead, to drive away 却 (= You shall leave 去 in a pent position卩 or I will drive you away instead)

Mnemonic
 
The body part for 'leaving' and 'bending' are the legs (foot).

Radicals

肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
去 leave, go awayWhen the nose ム is below the earth 土, it has gone away - it is finished.
卩 bent personShows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

行脚 あんぎゃ  pilgrimage, walking tour, tour
失脚 しっきゃく  losing one's standing, being overthrown, falling
脚本 きゃくほん  scenario
脚色 きゃくしょく  dramatization (e.g. film)

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