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足音

あしおと

sound of footsteps

Mnemonic

The sound that a foot makes, and there is a great deal of it coming down the corridor. Ashley あし and the auto おと of him: あしおと.

Built from

leg, foot
A pictograph, 口 a knee drawn over the foot beneath it.
sound
言 speech with one more stroke shut inside the mouth, so it never becomes a word.

Words sharing these kanji

leg, foot to be enough, to be sufficient satisfaction step, under foot sound

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