foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks
脚
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却
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月
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In the aorta Joan of Arc wanted to play a prank on the moon and kick him in the ass while he's inattentive for a second, but when she kicked him she just hurt her foot, and the moon didn't even notice. Silently, she retreats for now, limping on her hurt foot.
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
后
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⺁
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𠮛
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Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
跟
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⻊
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艮
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Guy Fawkes marries a cowboy in front of the encampment and wants to follow him forever. The cowboy wears cowboy boots and chews chewing gum all the time, even during the ceremony.