擦鞋 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

cāxié

shine shoes

cā wipe

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 察 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

察 Sound component

chá examine

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sʰlaːd

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

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

擦 cā wipe

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

鞋 xié shoes

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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cā wipe

xié shoes