素足

Chinese

		plain; element	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (素足)		素	足

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùzú

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùzú
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-tsu²
  - Yale: sù-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhtzwu
  - Palladius: суцзу (suczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/

Middle Chinese: suH tsjowk

Rime
Character	素	足
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	桑故切	即玉切
Baxter	suH	tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suo^H/	/t͡sɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/suo^H/	/t͡siok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/so^H/	/t͡siok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔ^H/	/t͡suawk̚/
Li Rong	/so^H/	/t͡siok̚/
Wang Li	/su^H/	/t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suo^H/	/t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sù	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou³	zuk¹

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

(Zhengzhang): /*saːs ʔsoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	素	足
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sù	zú
Middle Chinese	‹ su^H ›	‹ tsjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁak-s/	/*[ts]ok/
English	white silk	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	素	足
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	12099	17925
Phonetic component	素	足
Rime group	魚	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	訴	足
Old Chinese	/*saːs/	/*ʔsoɡ/

Noun

素足

(literary, usually of a woman) white foot
- 願在絲而為履，附素足以周旋；悲行止之有節，空委棄於牀前。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  愿在丝而为履，附素足以周旋；悲行止之有节，空委弃于床前。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 394, Tao Yuanming (陶淵明),《閑情賦》
  Yuàn zài sī ér wéi lǚ, fù sùzú yǐ zhōuxuán; bēi xíngzhǐ zhī yǒu jié, kōng wěiqì yú chuáng qián. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 可憐誰家婦，縁流灑素足。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  可怜谁家妇，缘流洒素足。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: circa 423, Xie Lingyun (謝靈運),《東陽溪中贈答二首（其一）》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Kělián shúijiā fù, yuánliú sǎ sùzú. [Pinyin]
  How lovely is the maiden sweet,
  Washing in the stream her white feet!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
素	足
す Grade: 5	あし Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すあし [súꜜàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨa̠ɕi]

Noun

素(す)足(あし) • (suashi)

bare foot

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN