Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "鞋", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "鞋", and master the standard way of writing the character "鞋".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 鞋
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "鞋" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
鞋 (xié)
1. Footwear that is worn on the feet to facilitate walking.
- 穿在脚上便于走路的东西:皮鞋。鞋袜。鞋帮。鞋面。鞋底。鞋油。鞋匠。
- Footwear worn on the feet to facilitate walking: leather shoes. Socks. Shoe sides. Shoe upper. Shoe sole. Shoe polish. Shoemaker.
【本义】: 鞋子
- Primary meaning: shoes
【造字法】: 形声。从革,圭声。皮革鞋的材料。“圭、鞋”古音相近。
- Character formation: Phono-semantic compound. The left component is "革" (leather), and the right component has the phonetic "圭". The material for leather shoes. "圭" and "鞋" had similar ancient pronunciations.
【引】
1. 《说文》:鞵,生革醍也。 字亦作鞋
- "Shuōwén": 鞵, refers to a type of raw leather. The character is also written as 鞋.
2. 《说郛》引 唐· 留存《事始·鞋》:古人以草为屦,皮为履,后唐马周始以麻为之,即鞋也。
- "Shuōfú" quotes from Tang Dynasty: "Ancient people used grass for sandals and leather for shoes. Later, during the Tang Dynasty, Mǎ Zhōu began using hemp for them, which are shoes."
【例】
- 又如: 鞋扇(鞋面); 鞋脚(小妾第一次拜见长妻时所敬赠的见面礼:亲手做的针线活;也指鞋袜); 鞋脚钱(跑腿钱); 雨鞋; 皮鞋; 布鞋; 鞋鞢(造鞋时所用的木制鞋型)
- For example: shoe fan (shoe upper); shoe feet (the gift from a concubine to the main wife upon their first meeting: handmade sewing work; also refers to socks); shoe foot money (money for running errands); rain shoes; leather shoes; cloth shoes; shoe last (the wooden mold used in making shoes).