Mother, may I make a footprint in front of my big toe?
蹦
bèng
hop [v.]
⻊ + 崩bēng
lower leg + crumble
Mother, may I take a crumble hop?
跌
diē
slump [v.]
⻊ + 失
lower leg + lose
Mother, I am slumping because I have lost the race.
足
zú
lower leg
picture of a knee cap and foot
modified as a component: ⻊“足字旁”
derivatives: 止 *footprint, 龰 *trail of footprints
趴
pā
lie on one's stomach
足 + 八bā
lower leg + eight
Mother, may I put eight points on the ground and lay on my stomach? (If you are completely flat on your stomach, let's say you touch the floor in eight spots, starting with your lower legs: toes, knees, hips, chest, wrists, shoulders, chin, nose.)
距
jù
distance
⻊ + 巨jù
lower leg + giant
Mother, may I take a giant step to cover the most distance?
跟
gēn
heel [n./v.]
⻊ + 艮gèn
lower leg + silver
"Mother, may I put my silver-spurred heel forward?" (Mother, May I?)
"Silver rush was followed on its heel by the Panic of 1893." (Silver Mining)
跑
pǎo
run [v.]
⻊ + 包bāo
lower leg + wrap
"Mother, may I wrap my lower leg and run?" (Mother, May I?)
跳
tiào
jump [v.]
⻊ + 兆zhào
lower leg + omen
"Mother, may I jump when I see the omen?" (Mother, May I?)
踢
tī
kick [v.]
⻊ + 易yì
lower leg + easy
"Mother, can I take an easykick?" (Mother, May I?)
路
lù
path
⻊zú + 各
lower leg + each
"Mother, may each of us take our own path?" (Mother, May I?)