鞋店 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

xiédiàn

shoe store

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

diàn shop

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

店 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
店 *tˤem-s
占 *tem

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	temH	tˤem-s	shop [not in GSR]

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

鞋 xié shoes

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Historical Pronunciations

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店 diàn shop

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Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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xié shoes

diàn shop