straw sandals or slippers that have no heel-backs

A person  walking  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shī sitting person
SoundMeaning component
xǐ, sī move one's abode

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsrelʔ
srels
Unicodeshiɛ̌

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang