脚 means “leg, base”

あし · ashi

Also: skids, undercarriage, lower part

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あし

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キャク, キャ, カク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Flesh (月) and 却, a kneeling figure (卩) beside 去, go away: the legs that carry you off. 脚 is a leg, of people or of tables, a 三脚 is a tripod, and 二人三脚, the three-legged race, also means a close partnership.

Used in 脚 (ashi, leg), 三脚 (sankyaku, tripod), and 脚本 (kyakuhon, screenplay/script)

More from Head to Toe

• 眼 eye
• 尻 buttocks
• 掌 palm
• 脇 armpit
• 舌 tongue
• 胴 torso
• 拳 fist
• 唇 lips
• 爪 nail
• 瞳 pupil (of the eye)
• 眉 eyebrow
• 股 crotch

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.