IDENTITY
腿tuǐleg
HSK 1Top 780
CORE MEANING
leg
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.legHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 月flesh radical (ròu)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰月退
- flesh; body
- gives the sound tuǐ (historical)
USAGE
Common words
大腿dàtuǐthigh
小腿xiǎotuǐcalf
Graded examples
跑步让我的腿很有力。Pǎobù ràng wǒ de tuǐ hěn yǒulì.HSK3
Running makes my legs strong.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 退
LEARNING
Memory aid
The limbs that retreat (退) and advance — legs.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #780
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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