足

jù = ju + Ø4

excessive

zú = zu + Ø2

foot / to be sufficient / ample

足 = 龰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.

足 character breakdown

足
- 口
- 龰
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - ⺊
    - 一
    - 丨

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

龰

Character component without intrinsic meaning

龰 = ⺊ + 人 : Neanderthal man (人) accidentally pierced his foot with a pennant (⺊). Now he'll have to get an injection against tetanus. This character will thus be represented by a syringe.

Characters with 足 as component

踪

蹤

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

footprint / trace / tracks

踪 = ⻊ + 宗 : In front of the engine ((e)ng1) Zapatista Zebra (zu) is walking over a blackboard (宗) wearing cowboy boots (⻊), leaving footprints (踪) all over it.

迹

蹟

jì = ji + Ø4

variant of 跡|迹[ji4]

迹 = 亦 + 辶 : Joan of Arc (ji) is caring for the also-ran (亦) after she finished a marathon in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The also-ran was wearing gladiator sandals (辶) but already after half of the race they were worn through, and Joan of Arc can see the footprints (迹) the also-ran left with her bare feet when she came in.

践

踐

jiàn = ji + an4

to fulfill (a promise) / to tread / to walk

践 = ⻊ + 戋 : Joan of Arc (ji) is practicing to tread (践) through water in the anthill's bathroom (an4). For this purpose, she set up a floating tank (戋) and is treading through the water wearing tall cowboy boots (⻊).

跋

bá = b + a2

postscript / to trek across mountains

蹄

tí = ti + Ø2

hoof / pig's trotters

蹄

蹏

tí = ti + Ø2

variant of 蹄[ti2]

趾

zhǐ = zh + Ø3