straw sandals

Components

Unknown component
shī sitting person
Meaning component
chì, fú walk

step

Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

straw sandals Traditional

Components

Unknown component
shī sitting person
Meaning component
chì, fú walk

step

Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjuHk-ro-s (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-)sandal, shoe
Zhengzhangklos

說文解字

履也。从履省,婁聲。一曰鞮也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica