The kanji 脚 primarily means "leg" or "foot." It refers to the limb used for standing, walking, and running. It can also extend to mean supports or legs of furniture or other objects.

・On-yomi (音読み): キャク (kyaku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あし (ashi)

⚫︎足脚 Translation: Leg/Foot ⚫︎一脚の椅子 Translation: One leg/chair ⚫︎旅の途中で足を脚］を痛めた Translation: I hurt my leg during my trip.

The kanji 脚 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいもじ). The semantic component is 月(or 肉, the radical for "flesh/meat") which indicates the body part. The phonetic component is 却(kyaku), which provides the sound and originally suggested "to push away". The combination suggests the idea of the "leg" as a part of the body.