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脚 means 'foot' or 'base'. It is composed of the flesh radical 月 (ròu) on the left, which classifies it as a body part, and the phonetic component 却 (què) on the right. The traditional form 腳 uses the component 卻, which serves as the phonetic marker and historically meant 'retreat' or 'move backward', linking the feet to the action of walking away. Over time, 脚 replaced older classical terms for foot and extended to mean the lower structural base of objects, like the bottom of a wall or a mountain.
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我的脚受伤了。
他走路时脚疼。
她的脚踝扭伤了。
小孩子光着脚跑。
我每天泡脚缓解疲劳。
他的脚法很灵活。
如果你脚冷，可以穿厚袜子。
运动员需要特别保护脚部避免受伤。