TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
腳
ㄐㄧㄠˇ · jiǎo
noun — a foot; a leg
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{j,q,x}IFTquè → jiǎo — a step inside {j,q,x}; the final reshapes too
Flesh (月) with 卻 què for sound, q stepped to j — first the lower leg, then the foot it stands on: 腳、洗腳. Things have them too: 山腳, the mountain's foot; 桌腳, the table's.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
走了一整天，鞋一脫——腳（月）腫了一圈。
A whole day's walking; the shoe comes off — the foot (月) a size bigger.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)腳— the lower leg
→腳、雙腳— the foot常用
⇒山腳、桌腳— the foot of things — mountain, table
⇒腳踏車— the bike — pushed by foot
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension