Chinese

足球

zúqiú

football (sport); association football; soccer

HSK 3
TOCFL 3

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characterChinese足 “foot”
characterChinese球 “fine jade”
- meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
- soundChinese求 “to seek; to look for”

Sources

HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
Written form — n/a
Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0