足

See also: 是

足	U+8DB3, 足 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DB3

← 趲
[U+8DB2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

趴 →
[U+8DB4]

⾜	U+2F9C, ⾜ KANGXI RADICAL FOOT

← ⾛
[U+2F9B]

Kangxi Radicals

⾝ →
[U+2F9D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

𧾷 (when used as a left radical)

Han character

See images of
Radical 157 足

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

Kangxi radical #157, ⾜.
Shuowen Jiezi radical №40

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/足
促, 哫, 𭎣, 娖, 𡷿, 𭛬, 捉, 浞, 㹱, 𭭤, 𤗁, 珿, 𮌘, 𬒺, 𤽱, 𥒭, 𥞺, 䇍, 𧚖, 𮇟, 𫃥(𮉩), 䎌, 𧋥, 𧣫, 䛤(𬣹), 𧯩, 𧹤, 趗, 𨉌, 𡡍, 鋜, 𩈤, 𩩔, 𬵔, 𮯇, 𪕝, 齪(龊)
𣭻, 𬻚, 𤰉, 𥁯, 𧋩, 𧻻, 𠈮, 莡, 𪧎, 𤲊, 𤼯, 𥭽, 𬚃, 𬑝, 𩃈, 𫷭, 𪽰, 㿓, 𧂨, 𦪨

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.		足
alternative forms		𠯁𠯣

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (足) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
足	ʔsoɡs, ʔsoɡ
莡	*sʰaːwɢ
捉	*ʔsoːɡ
齪	sʰroːɡ, sʰruɡ
娖	*zroːɡ
浞	*zroːɡ
鋜	*zroːɡ
趗	sʰoːɡ, sʰoɡ
珿	*sʰruɡ
哫	*ʔsoɡ
促	*sʰoɡ

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zú (zu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): juo² / zu²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zuk¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): duuk²
Gan (Wiktionary): jiuh⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chiuk

(Meixian, Guangdong): jiug⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): jyeh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): cṳ̆
Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiok

(Teochew, Peng'im): zog⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsoq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zú
  - Wade–Giles: tsu²
  - Yale: dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwu
  - Palladius: цзу (czu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: juo² / zu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giuo / zu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyo²¹/, /t͡su²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zuk¹
  - Yale: jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: duuk²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵk̚⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jiuh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiuʔ⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯uk̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡siʊk̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jyeh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søyʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
  - Tâi-lô: tsiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡siɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡siɔk̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sok̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsoq
  - MiniDict: tsoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsoq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səu̯²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 足
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡su³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡su²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡su⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡su²¹³/ 新 /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/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡so⁵/ ～球
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡səu²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡səɯ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕiuʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡siuk̚¹/
Hakka	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/

Middle Chinese: tsjowk

Rime
Character	足
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即玉切
Baxter	tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ok/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	足
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zú
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ok/
English	foot
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	足
Reading #	2/2
No.	17925
Phonetic component	足
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	足
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoɡ/

Definitions

足

(anatomy) foot
(anatomy) leg (of an animal)
leg (of an object)
(in compounds) football; soccer
女足 ― nǚzú ― women's football

足協／足协 ― zúxié ― football association
to walk
to tread; to stamp; to step
a surname: Zu

Synonyms

(foot):

Dialectal synonyms of 腳 (“foot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		足
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		腳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	腳, 腳巴丫子, 腳丫子, 丫子, 老丫丫, 腳丫兒
	Taiwan	腳
	Chifeng	腳, 腳丫子, 腳丫兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	腳, 腳丫子
	Harbin	腳, 腳丫子, 腳片子
	Shenyang	腳, 腳丫兒, 腳丫子, 腳步丫子, 腳板兒
	Malaysia	腳
	Singapore	腳
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	腳
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	腳, 腳丫子, 腳丫兒
	Tangshan	腳, 腳丫子
	Cangzhou	腳, 腳丫子, 腳丫兒
	Baoding	腳丫子, 腳丫兒
	Shijiazhuang	腳
	Jinan	腳, 腳丫子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	腳
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	腳, 腳丫子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	腳, 腳丫子
	Wanrong	腳
	Zhengzhou	腳
	Xi'an	腳
	Xining	腳
	Xuzhou	腳, 腳巴子, 腳丫, 腳丫巴子, 腳丫子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	腳
	Lanzhou	腳, 腳丫子
	Ürümqi	腳, 腳丫子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	腳板兒, 腳板, 腳
	Chongqing	腳板兒, 腳丫丫
	Wuhan	腳, 腳板, 腳丫子
	Guiyang	腳
	Kunming	腳, 腳板兒
	Guilin	腳
	Liuzhou	腳
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	腳, 腳巴, 腳底巴, 腳丫子
	Yangzhou	腳, 腳丫子
	Nantong	腳
	Hefei	腳
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	腳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	腳
	Hong Kong	腳
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	腳
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	腳板
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	腳盤頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	腳
	Macau	腳
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	腳
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	腳
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	腳
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	腳
	Foshan	腳
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	腳
	Foshan (Shunde)	腳
	Foshan (Sanshui)	腳
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	腳
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	腳
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	腳
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	腳
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	腳
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	腳
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	腳
	Taishan	腳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	腳
	Enping (Niujiang)	腳
	Heshan (Yayao)	腳
	Dongguan	腳
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	腳
	Yangjiang	腳
	Nanning	腳
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	腳
	Singapore (Guangfu)	腳
Gan	Nanchang	腳, 腳丫子
Gan	Pingxiang	腳
Hakka	Meixian	腳, 腳板
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	腳
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	腳
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	腳
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	腳
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	腳
	Changting	腳
	Wuping	腳
	Liancheng	腳
	Ninghua	腳
	Yudu	腳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	腳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	腳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	腳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	腳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	腳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	腳
	Hong Kong	腳
	Senai (Huiyang)	腳
Huizhou	Jixi	腳
Huizhou	Shexian	腳, 腳板
Jin	Taiyuan	腳, 腳板子
	Xinzhou	腳, 腳板子
	Linhe	腳, 腳板子, 腳片子
	Jining	腳, 腳板子
	Hohhot	腳, 腳板兒
	Zhangjiakou	腳丫子, 腳板子
	Handan	腳, 腳丫子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	跤, 跤掌
	Songxi	跤
	Zhenghe	跤
	Jianyang	跤
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	跤
	Wuyishan	跤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跤
	Fuzhou (Changle)	跤
	Lianjiang	跤
	Fuqing	跤
	Pingtan	跤
	Yongtai	跤
	Minqing	跤
	Gutian	跤
	Pingnan	跤
	Luoyuan	跤
	Fu'an	跤
	Ningde	跤
	Xiapu	跤
	Zherong	跤
	Shouning	跤
	Zhouning	跤
	Fuding	跤
Southern Min	Xiamen	跤
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	跤
	Quanzhou	跤
	Jinjiang	跤
	Nan'an	跤
	Shishi	跤
	Hui'an	跤
	Anxi	跤
	Yongchun	跤
	Dehua	跤
	Zhangzhou	跤
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	跤
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	跤
	Hua'an	跤
	Nanjing	跤
	Pinghe	跤
	Zhangpu	跤
	Yunxiao	跤
	Zhao'an	跤
	Dongshan	跤
	Taipei	跤
	Taipei (Wanhua)	跤
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	跤
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	跤
	Kaohsiung	跤
	Yilan	跤
	Changhua (Lukang)	跤
	Taichung	跤
	Tainan	跤
	Taitung	跤
	Hsinchu	跤
	Kinmen	跤
	Penghu (Magong)	跤
	Penang (Hokkien)	跤
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跤, 跤骨
	Manila (Hokkien)	跤
	Longyan	跤
	Zhangping	跤
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	跤
	Datian	跤
	Chaozhou	跤
	Shantou	跤
	Shantou (Chenghai)	跤
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	跤
	Jieyang	跤
	Haifeng	跤
	Bangkok (Teochew)	跤
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	跤
	Singapore (Teochew)	跤
	Leizhou	跤
	Wenchang	跤
	Haikou	跤
	Singapore (Hainanese)	跤
Puxian Min	Putian	跤
Puxian Min	Xianyou	跤
Central Min	Yong'an	跤
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	跤
	Sanming (Shaxian)	跤
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	跤
	Guangze	跤
	Jiangle	跤
	Mingxi	跤
	Shunchang	跤
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	跤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	腳
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	腳板
Shehua	Fu'an	腳
	Fuding	腳
	Luoyuan	腳
	Sanming	腳
	Shunchang	腳
	Hua'an	腳
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	腳
Wu	Shanghai	腳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	腳
	Suzhou	腳
	Danyang	腳
	Hangzhou	腳
	Ningbo	腳骨
	Wenzhou	腳, 腳腳
	Jinhua	腳
Xiang	Changsha	腳
	Loudi	腳
	Shuangfeng	腳
	Hengyang	腳把子

(football):

Dialectal synonyms of 足球 (“football; soccer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蹴鞠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		足球, 足 in compounds
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	足球兒
	Taiwan	足球
	Harbin	足球兒
	Malaysia	足球
	Singapore	足球
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	足球兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	足球
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	足球
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	足球
	Xi'an	足球
	Xining	足球
	Xuzhou	足球, 足球兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	футбол
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	足球
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	足球兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	足球
	Wuhan	足球
	Guiyang	足球
	Guilin	足球
	Liuzhou	足球
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	足球
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	足球
Cantonese	Guangzhou	足球
	Hong Kong	足球
	Dongguan	足球
	Singapore (Guangfu)	足球
Gan	Lichuan	腳球
Gan	Pingxiang	足球
Hakka	Meixian	足球
	Yudu	腳球
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	足球, 腳球
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	足球, 腳球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	足球, 腳球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	足球, 腳球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	足球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	腳球
Huizhou	Jixi	足球
Jin	Taiyuan	足球
Jin	Xinzhou	足球
Northern Min	Jian'ou	足球
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跤球
Southern Min	Xiamen	跤球
	Quanzhou	跤球
	Jinjiang	跤球
	Zhangzhou	跤球
	Taipei	跤球
	Kaohsiung	跤球
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跤球
	Manila (Hokkien)	跤球
	Chaozhou	足球
	Singapore (Teochew)	跤球
	Leizhou	跤球
	Haikou	跤球
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	足球
Wu	Shanghai	足球
	Shanghai (Chongming)	足球
	Suzhou	足球
	Danyang	足球
	Hangzhou	足球
	Ningbo	足球
	Wenzhou	足球
	Jinhua	足球
Xiang	Loudi	足球

Compounds

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zú (zu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): juo² / zu²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zuk¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): duuk²
Gan (Wiktionary): jiuh⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chiuk

(Meixian, Guangdong): jiug⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): jyeh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): cṳ̆
Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiok / chok

(Teochew, Peng'im): zog⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsoq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zú
  - Wade–Giles: tsu²
  - Yale: dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwu
  - Palladius: цзу (czu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: juo² / zu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giuo / zu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyo²¹/, /t͡su²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zuk¹
  - Yale: jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: duuk²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵk̚⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jiuh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiuʔ⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯uk̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡siʊk̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jyeh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søyʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
  - Tâi-lô: tsiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡siɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡siɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok
  - Tâi-lô: tsok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zog
  - IPA (Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen): /t͡sɔk̚³²/

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

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sok̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsoq
  - MiniDict: tsoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsoq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səu̯²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 足
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡su³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡su²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡su⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡su²¹³/ 新 /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/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡siu⁵/ 滿～
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡səu²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡səɯ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕiuʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡siuk̚¹/
Hakka	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/

Middle Chinese: tsjowk

Rime
Character	足
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即玉切
Baxter	tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ok/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	足
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zú
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ok/
English	sufficient
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	足
Reading #	2/2
No.	17925
Phonetic component	足
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	足
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoɡ/

Definitions

足

to satisfy; to fulfill
滿足／满足 ― mǎnzú ― satisfied; to satisfy
to stop; to cease
enough; sufficient; not lacking
abundant; affluent
(literary, or in compounds) to be worthy of; to warrant
fully; entirely
(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) very; quite
足好 [Hokkien] ― chiok hó [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― very good
can; may

Synonyms

(to be worthy of):

edit

值得
值當／值当 (zhídàng) (Mandarin, colloquial, including Jin)
犯 (fàn)
耐 (literary)

(very):

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠻

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ / zyu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴
  - Yale: jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
  - Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zeoi³ / zyu³
  - Yale: jeui / jyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ / dzy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ / ju³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³/, /t͡syː³³/

Middle Chinese: tsjuH

Rime
Character	足
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子句切
Baxter	tsjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suə̆^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sio^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ok-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	足
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jù
Middle Chinese	‹ tsju^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]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. [t] 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	足
Reading #	1/2
No.	17915
Phonetic component	足
Rime group	竇
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	緅
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoɡs/
Notes	見論語

Definitions

足

(literary) overly; excessively
(literary) to replenish; to augment

Compounds

足恭

Japanese

Kanji

足

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
足
あし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 足 – see the following entry.

【あし】	[noun] 足: foot

(This term, 足, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟]

Counter

足(そく) • (-soku)

counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
足
あ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 足 – see the following entry.

【あ】	[noun] (obsolete) foot

(This term, 足, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 足 (MC tsjowk).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	죡〮 (Yale: cyók)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527^[1]	발〮 (Yale: pál)	죡〮 (Yale: cyók)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [족]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

足

Wikisource

足 (eumhun 발 족 (bal jok))

hanja form^? of 족 (“foot”) [noun]
hanja form^? of 족 (“used to form nouns with the meaning "to attain; to satisfy"”) [affix]

Compounds

족쇄 (足鎖, jokswae)
족의 (足衣, jogui)
족장 (足掌, jokjang)
족적 (足迹, jokjeok)
족지 (足指, jokji)
족지 (足趾, jokji)
족하 (足下, jokha)
구족 (具足, gujok)
금족 (禁足, geumjok)
기족 (驥足, gijok)
만족 (滿足, manjok)
발족 (發足, baljok)
보족 (補足, bojok)
부족 (不足, bujok)
사족 (四足, sajok)
사족 (蛇足, sajok)
선족 (跣足, seonjok)
섬족 (贍足, seomjok)
수족 (手足, sujok)
실족 (失足, siljok)
염족 (饜足, yeomjok)
요족 (饒足, yojok)
월족 (刖足, woljok)
의족 (義足, uijok)
일족 (逸足, iljok)
장족 (長足, jangjok)
정족 (鼎足, jeongjok)
주족 (馵足, jujok)
준족 (駿足, junjok)
지족 (知足, jijok)
질족 (疾足, jiljok)
충족 (充足, chungjok)
탁족 (濯足, takjok)
흡족 (洽足, heupjok)
삼족오 (三足烏, samjogo)
정족수 (定足數, jeongjoksu)
과부족 (過不足, gwabujok)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Miyako

Kanji

足

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Compounds

百足 (んかじ, nkaji, “centipede”)

Okinawan

Kanji

足

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): すく (suku)
Kun: あし (ashi)、ふぃさ (fisa)

Compounds

寝(に)んじ不(ぶ)足(すく) (ninjibusuku, “lack of sleep, sleep deprivation”)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɸisa/

Noun

足(ふぃさ) (fisa) ^{←ひさ (fisa)^?}

foot; leg; paw

Derived terms

足(ふぃさ)甲(なー) (fisanā, “top of the foot”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaɕi/

Noun

足(あし) (ashi) ^{←わし (wasi)^?}

edible leg (of a pig, etc)
(only in compounds) foot

Derived terms

足(あし)てぃびち (ashitibichi, “pig's feet soup”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI

Okinoerabu

Kanji

足

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Derived terms

百足 (むかじ, mukaji, “centipede”)

Tokunoshima

Kanji

足

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Derived terms

百足 (ぬかで, nukade, “centipede”)

Vietnamese

Han character

足: Hán Nôm readings: túc

chữ Hán form of túc (“sufficient”).

Compounds

[OG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI

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