鞋楦 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiéxuàn

shoe tree

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

xuàn a last for making shoes

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

wood

宣 Sound component

xuān declare, announce

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qʰʷans

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

鞋 xié shoes

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

楦 xuàn a last for making shoes

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

xié shoes

xuàn a last for making shoes