鞋匠
xié​jiang

shoemaker

鞋 xié shoes

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

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthea[g]ˤre (no pre-Qín exx.)shoe

Sources

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

匠 jiang, jiàng craftsman

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjangHs.baŋ-scraftsman
Zhengzhangsbaŋs
Unicodedzhiɑ̀ng

說文解字

木工也。从匚从斤。斤，所以作器也。

Sources

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