漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
履: perform, complete
Also: footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet)
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
尸 carries the meaning · 復 is drawn in
15 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Today
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
リri · on'yomi · in compounds
- 履行りこうperformance (of a duty)
- 履歴りれきpersonal history; background; career
- 履歴書りれきしょpersonal history document; curriculum vitae
はくhaku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 履物はきものfootwear; footgear; shoes
- 履くはくto put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants…
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 草履ぞうりzori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Lie down and cover up! This radical has two lives: it can represent the stillness of a body or the protection of a roof.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
復
Also built on restore (復)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side履 perform · 尸 + 復
vs複 duplicate · 衤 + 复In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lǚ
Same form: 履 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 履 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 履 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lǚ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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