shàng the piece of leather used for soles on Chinese shoes Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
shàng, shang esteem

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

xié shoes

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
leather
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

the piece of leather used for soles on Chinese shoes Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Sources

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Historical images
Academia Sinica