足(zú): excessive
HSK 37 strokes
excessive
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- zú
- Meaning
- excessive
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 足 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Pictograph
⿱口？The leg 口 above the foot
A drawing of the thing it names.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 足 step by step
7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 足
Common words using 足 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
bù不zú足
HSK 5insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; canno…
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