鞋袜 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiéwà

footwear

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

wà socks Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 末 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襪.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

末 Sound component

mò end

Change in sound

袜 and 末 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
袜 maːd
末 *mˤat

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	maːd

Sources

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

wà socks Traditional

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

clothes

蔑 Sound component

miè disdain

Change in sound

襪 and 蔑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
襪 miæt
蔑 met

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		mad
Unicode	miæt

Sources

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

鞋 xié shoes

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袜 wà socks Simplified

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襪 wà socks Traditional

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Historical Pronunciations

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xié shoes

wà socks Simplified

wà socks Traditional