裾

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 裾 is read as すそ and can mean “hem” or “foot of a mountain”, depending on context.
• Basic usage: The examples show a skirt hem touching stairs and a village at a mountain’s foot.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Distinguishing senses and uses
  • It literally means the lower edge of clothing and, by resemblance, the spreading lower foot of a mountain.