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See also:
U+8DB3, 足
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DB3

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+2F9C, ⾜
KANGXI RADICAL FOOT

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

  • 𧾷 (when used as a left radical)

Han character

(Kangxi radical 157, +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口卜人 (RYO), four-corner 60801, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #157, .
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №40

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1221, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37365
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1692, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3686, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8DB3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠯁
𠯣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) of a leg; the pictogram is similar to .

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (leg, foot), whence Mon ဇိုၚ် (cf. Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡su³⁵/
Harbin /t͡su²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡su⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡su²¹³/
/t͡ɕy²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡su⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡sy²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡su²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡su¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡su⁵³/ ~球
Ürümqi /t͡su⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡səu²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕyo³¹/
/t͡su³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕiu²¹/
Kunming /t͡su³¹/
Nanjing /t͡suʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡suəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕyəʔ²/
Pingyao /t͡ɕyʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕyəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡soʔ⁵/
Suzhou /t͡soʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡soʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕo²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡suʔ²¹/
Tunxi /t͡so⁵/ ~球
Xiang Changsha /t͡səu²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡səɯ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕiuʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡siuk̚¹/
Taoyuan /t͡siuk̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sok̚⁵/
Nanning /t͡suk̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡suk̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡siɔk̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡søyʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sy²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sok̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sok̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (13)
Final () (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡suawk̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡siok̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zuk1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsjowk ›
Old
Chinese
/*ok/
English foot

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 17925
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsoɡ/

Definitions

  1. (anatomy) foot
  2. (anatomy) leg (of an animal)
  3. leg (of an object)
  4. (in compounds) football; soccer
      ―    ―  women's football
      ―  xié  ―  football association
  5. to walk
  6. to tread; to stamp; to step
  7. a surname: Zu
Synonyms
  • (foot):
  • (football):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan ཆོག (chog, to be sufficient) (Coblin, 1986).

Pronunciation


Note: chok - only in the sense of "very".

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡su³⁵/
Harbin /t͡su²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡su⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡su²¹³/
/t͡ɕy²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡su⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡sy²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡su²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡su¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡su¹³/ ~夠
Ürümqi /t͡su⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡səu²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕyo³¹/
/t͡su³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕiu²¹/
Kunming /t͡su³¹/
Nanjing /t͡suʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡suəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕyəʔ²/
Pingyao /t͡ɕyʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕyəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡soʔ⁵/
Suzhou /t͡soʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡soʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕo²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡suʔ²¹/
Tunxi /t͡siu⁵/ 滿~
Xiang Changsha /t͡səu²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡səɯ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕiuʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡siuk̚¹/
Taoyuan /t͡siuk̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sok̚⁵/
Nanning /t͡suk̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡suk̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡siɔk̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡søyʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sy²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sok̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sok̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (13)
Final () (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡suawk̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡siok̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zuk1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsjowk ›
Old
Chinese
/*ok/
English sufficient

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 17925
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsoɡ/

Definitions

  1. to satisfy; to fulfill
    滿  ―  mǎn  ―  satisfied; to satisfy
  2. to stop; to cease
  3. enough; sufficient; not lacking
  4. abundant; affluent
  5. (literary, or in compounds) to be worthy of; to warrant
  6. fully; entirely
  7. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) very; quite
    [Hokkien]  ―  chiok [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  very good
  8. can; may
Synonyms
  • (to be worthy of):
  • (very):

Etymology 3

From etymology 2, with *-s (causative, outwardly directed action) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (13)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sioH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡suə̆H/
Li
Rong
/t͡sioH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zeoi3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsjuH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ok-s/
English replenish

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 17915
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsoɡs/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (literary) overly; excessively
  2. (literary) to replenish; to augment

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. foot
  2. enough, sufficient
  3. satisfy, fulfill

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
あし
: foot
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Counter

(そく) (-soku

  1. counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
(obsolete) foot
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC tsjowk).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 죡〮 (Yale: cyók)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 발〮 (Yale: pál) 죡〮 (Yale: cyók)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (bal jok))

  1. hanja form? of (foot)
  2. hanja form? of (used to form nouns with the meaning "to attain; to satisfy")

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Miyako

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Compounds

  • 百足 (んかじ, nkaji, centipede)

Okinawan

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Cognate with mainland Japanese (hiza). Attested in 沖縄語典 as ひさ.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ふぃさ) (fisaひさ (fisa)?

  1. foot; leg; paw
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with mainland Japanese (ashi). Attested in 沖縄語典 as わし.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(あし) (ashiわし (wasi)?

  1. edible leg (of a pig, etc)
  2. (only in compounds) foot
Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典, Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI

Okinoerabu

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Derived terms

  • 百足 (むかじ, mukaji, centipede)

Tokunoshima

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Derived terms

  • 百足 (ぬかで, nukade, centipede)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: túc

  1. chữ Hán form of túc (sufficient).

Compounds