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足

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足 soku

Counts pairs of footwear

The kanji 足: meanings and readings →

For pairs of shoes, socks, boots and slippers.

Use it for

Counting from one to ten

Highlighted forms change their sound, so learn them by heart.

NumberReadingRomaji
1 いっそく issoku
2 にそく nisoku
3 さんぞく sanzoku
4 よんそく yonsoku
5 ごそく gosoku
6 ろくそく rokusoku
7 ななそく nanasoku
8 はっそく hassoku
9 きゅうそく kyūsoku
10 じゅっそく or じっそく jussoku / jissoku
How many? なんぞく nanzoku

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