蛇足

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Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蛇足

  1. (figurative) something superfluous; unnecessary

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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From () (da, snake) + (そく) (soku, foot), literally meaning snake's foot (which is useless).

A contraction of ()()(てん)(そく) (gada tensoku), which is from the Chinese idiom 畫蛇添足画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(そく) (dasoku

  1. something useless; unnecessary; superfluous

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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蛇足 (sajok) (hangeul 사족)

  1. hanja form? of 사족 (something superfluous, unnecessary)