足 Mother May I

zhǐ

toe
⻊ + 止zhǐ
lower leg + footprint

Mother, may I make a footprint in front of my big toe?

bèng

hop [v.]
⻊ + 崩bēng
lower leg + crumble

Mother, may I take a crumble hop?

diē

slump [v.]
⻊ + 失
lower leg + lose

Mother, I am slumping because I have lost the race.

lower leg

picture of a knee cap and foot

modified as a component: ⻊“足字旁”

derivatives: 止 *footprint, 龰 *trail of footprints

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.)

distance
⻊ + 巨jù
lower leg + giant

Mother, may I take a giant step to cover the most distance?

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)

pǎo

run [v.]
⻊ + 包bāo
lower leg + wrap

"Mother, may I wrap my lower leg and run?" (Mother, May I?)

tiào

jump [v.]
⻊ + 兆zhào
lower leg + omen

"Mother, may I jump when I see the omen?" (Mother, May I?)

kick [v.]
⻊ + 易yì
lower leg + easy

"Mother, can I take an easy kick?" (Mother, May I?)

path
⻊zú + 各
lower leg + each

"Mother, may each of us take our own path?" (Mother, May I?)

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