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skids
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingキャク、キャ、カク
Kun readingあし
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. skids
    テーブルのそばには椅子が４脚あった。There were four chairs by the table.tatoeba
    能や歌舞伎に脚色された。People have adopted his story for both Noh and Kabuki performances.wiki
  2. leg
    彼は氷の上で転んで脚を傷めた。He fell down on the ice and hurt his leg.tatoeba
    彼は脚をいっぱいに開いて立った。He stood with his legs wide apart.tatoeba
  3. undercarriage
  4. lower part
  5. base
  6. shinsRtK
  1. dramatization (e.g. of a novel)
  2. dramatisation
  3. adaptation (for the stage or screen)
  4. embellishment (of the facts)
  5. exaggeration

Popular Usage

脚色脚本

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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skids · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · instead · gone · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · elbow · stamp

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1498

Compound words

脚色きゃくしょく
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration
脚本きゃくほん
script; screenplay; scenario
橋脚きょうきゃく
bridge pier; pontoon bridge
行脚あんぎゃ
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
失脚しっきゃく
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
立脚りっきゃく
being based on
脚光きゃっこう
footlight; limelight
二人三脚ににんさんきゃく
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
韻脚いんきゃく
(metrical) foot
右脚みぎあし
right foot
下脚かきゃく
legs
火脚ひあし
spreading of a fire
脚韻きゃくいん
rhyme
脚気かっけ
beriberi
脚注きゃくちゅう
footnote
脚註きゃくちゅう
footnote
脚榻きゃたつ
stepladder
脚絆きゃはん
gaiters
健脚けんきゃく
good walker
末脚すえあし
accelerating in the final stretch
領脚えりあし
hairline at the nape of the neck
黄脚鷸きあししぎ
grey-tailed tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes)
鴨脚樹いちょう
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
巻脚絆まききゃはん
puttee

On Reading Examples

部屋の中には１脚の机といすがあった。きゃく
There were a desk and a chair in the room.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は放漫だったので失脚した。
He lost his job through his irresponsibility.tatoeba
彼は脚本を書いている。
He writes scripts.tatoeba
能や歌舞伎に脚色された。
People have adopted his story for both Noh and Kabuki performances.wiki
脚色のみならず誤記も多い。
Not only is it full of dramatizations of events, it also contains many factual errors.wiki
脚本：赤瀬川原平
Screenplay: Genpei AKASEGAWAwiki
妻は脚本家の和田夏十。
His wife was Natto WADA, a playwright.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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