verb #73,557

Meanings

  1. 1 to kick
  2. 2 to tread on
  3. 3 to stamp

Examples

Cùjū bèi kànzuò zǎoqī de zúqiú.
Cuju, an ancient kicking game, is seen as an early form of football.
Chénggōng bùnéng yícù'érjiù.
Success cannot be achieved in one move.

Tips

culture
Two key words: 蹴鞠, the ancient Chinese kick-ball game often called the ancestor of football, and the idiom 一蹴而就 — 'done in a single kick', i.e. accomplished at one stroke.

Components

radical
foot
Left-side foot radical, the compressed side form of . Kicking and treading are done with the foot, so this radical anchors the meaning, as in and .
phonetic
jiù
at once; (here) sound
Right side supplies the sound (cù from jiù). It is also why the idiom 'one kick and it's done' pairs neatly with .

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