认脚鞋 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

rènjiǎoxié

left-right shoes

rèn recognize Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 人 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

人 Sound component

rén, ren person

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

jiǎo leg Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 却 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腳.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

却 Sound component

què but

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjak	[k]ak	leg, foot

Sources

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

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

rèn recognize Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 忍 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

忍 Sound component

rěn endure

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyinH	nə[n]-s	know

Sources

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

jiǎo leg Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 卻 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卻 Sound component

què but

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjak	[k]ak	leg, foot

說文解字

《說文》：“腳，脛也。从肉，卻聲。”

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)

认 rèn recognize Simplified

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脚 jiǎo leg Simplified

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鞋 xié shoes

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認 rèn recognize Traditional

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腳 jiǎo leg Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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rèn recognize Simplified

jiǎo leg Simplified

xié shoes

rèn recognize Traditional

jiǎo leg Traditional