Read Edit View history 靴 xuē HSK7 boots Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鞾. Components 革 革 Meaning component gé leather 化 化 Sound component huà change Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhanghʷa Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang