修鞋匠 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiū decorate, embellish, repair

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

攸 Sound component

yōu distant

彡 Meaning component

shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjuw	s-liw	adorn

說文解字

飾也。从彡攸聲。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

xié shoes

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé leather

圭 Sound component

guī jade pointed at top

Change in sound

鞋 and 圭 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
鞋 *[g]ˤre (no pre-Qín exx.)
圭 *[k]ʷˤe

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hea	[g]ˤre (no pre-Qín exx.)	shoe

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

jiang, jiàng craftsman

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzjangH	s.baŋ-s	craftsman
Zhengzhang		sbaŋs
Unicode	dzhiɑ̀ng

說文解字

木工也。从匚从斤。斤，所以作器也。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

修 xiū decorate, embellish, repair

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說文解字

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鞋 xié shoes

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匠 jiang, jiàng craftsman

Character Evolution

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xiū decorate, embellish, repair

xié shoes

jiang, jiàng craftsman