蛇足

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Chinese

		snake; serpent	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (蛇足)		蛇	足

Etymology

From the idiom 畫蛇添足／画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shézú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ zuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shézú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shézú
  - Wade–Giles: shê²-tsu²
  - Yale: shé-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shertzwu
  - Palladius: шэцзу (šɛczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁴ zuk¹
  - Yale: sèh jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Noun

蛇足

(figurative) something superfluous; unnecessary

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛇	足
だ Grade: S	そく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 蛇(だ) (da, “snake”) + 足(そく) (soku, “foot”), literally meaning snake's foot (which is useless).

A contraction of 画(が)蛇(だ)添(てん)足(そく) (gada tensoku), which is from the Chinese idiom 畫蛇添足／画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だそく (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

蛇(だ)足(そく) • (dasoku)

something useless; unnecessary; superfluous

Korean

Hanja in this term
蛇	足

Noun

蛇足 • (sajok) (hangeul 사족)

hanja form^? of 사족 (“something superfluous, unnecessary”)

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