蛇足

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)⁺
  - Pinyin: shézú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shertzwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁴ zuk¹
  - Yale: sèh jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ zug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Noun

蛇足

(figuratively) 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).

Might be 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

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [da̠so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蛇足 (hiragana だそく, rōmaji dasoku)

something useless; unnecessary; superfluous

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