足を掬う (あしをすくう) — to trip someone up, to pull the carpet from under | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to trip someone up and to pull the carpet from under

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

to trip someone up, to pull the carpet from under

あしをすくう

足

leg, foot, be sufficient...

あし, た.りる, ソク

口

くち, コウ, ク

龰

掬

scoop up water with the hand

きく.す, むす.ぶ, キク

扌

( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)

匊

むす.ぶ, すく.う, キク

勹

wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)

つつ.む, ホウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

米

rice, USA, metre

こめ, よね, ベイ

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