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xié HSK2

shoes

approved by Peter Olson · Jun 28, 2021, 12:49 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 28, 2021, 12:49 AM

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

Components

革 Meaning component

圭 Sound component

Change in sound

鞋 and 圭 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hea	[g]ˤre (no pre-Qín exx.)	shoe