When 足 meets 止, what happens？
As you have seen in the previous posts, both 足 and 止 came from the image of the foot. When they stay together, they form a new character but this new character still means foot, and also means toe. Check more about 趾
Tag: foot
Pictogram of 足 foot
足 foot, very important body part, also has very important extended meanings such as sufficient, e.g. his ability is not sufficient 他能力不足；satisfy, 满足；be content with 知足，etc
Why do 走, 足 and 步 have foot-related meanings?
Have you noticed they all share a 止? 止 is a foot. 走 consists of a person and a foot to mean walk. 足 consists of a town and a foot, which originally meant that a soldier returned to his town in triumph, but now it only means foot. Characters with 走 relate to walking. Characters with 足 relate to movements of feet.
