Memory phrase for the character: 鞋

鞋

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Meaning

shoe

Pronunciation

xié

Explanation

 Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals 干 have a skin 口 of leather.), right: 2x earth 圭 = piled earth (cf. with road/street 街, where you walk 行 over piled earth 圭)

Mnemonic
 
The leather for the piled earth (= the street) is: the shoe!

Radicals

革 untanned leatherA horned 廿 animal seen from above with a backbone 丨 and broad hips 一 has a skin 囗 of leather around its torso. - Also these radicals 皮 and 韦 stand for leather.
圭 piled earthTwo times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)




 Vocabulary

皮鞋 pí xié  leather shoes
鞋子 xié zi  shoe
草鞋 cǎo xié  straw sandals
蒲鞋 pú xié  straw sandals
踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu  to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
鞋袜 xié wà  shoes and socks
鞋袜 xié wà  

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