Chinese symbol for “footing”
基脚
jī jiǎo
Traditional: 基腳
footing; pedestal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for footing is 基脚 (jī jiǎo), defined as: footing; pedestal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “footing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 基脚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基础 (基礎) | jī chǔ | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
| 基地 | jī dì | base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) |
| 基金 | jī jīn | fund |
| 基于 (基於) | jī yú | because of; on the basis of |
| 基层 (基層) | jī céng | basic level; grassroots unit |
| 脚步 (腳步) | jiǎo bù | footstep; step |
| 脚下 (腳下) | jiǎo xià | under the foot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “footing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.