脚板 (jiǎo bǎn) — sole of the foot (dialectal) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

脚板 (jiǎobǎn) is a colloquial, mostly dialectal word for the sole of the foot — the bottom surface you walk on, not the foot itself (脚). The everyday standard term is 脚底/脚底板.

noun

sole of the foot (dialectal)

Measure word · 只

Examples

脚板。
Wǒ de jiǎo bǎn hěn téng.
The soles of my feet hurt.
，脚板。
Tā zǒu lù zǒu duō le, jiǎo bǎn qǐ le shuǐ pào.
He walked too much and got blisters on his soles.
脚板。
Zhè shuāng xié chuān zhuó jiǎo bǎn téng.
These shoes hurt my soles when I wear them.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

脚 gives foot and 板 gives a flat board-like part, naming the flat sole.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 腳; 脚 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat, body

Sound part声符shēngfú

卻

卻què腳jiǎo

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 腳 uses ⺼ for a body part and 卻 for the sound; the simplified 脚 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn板bǎn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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