漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
靴: shoes
JLPT N313 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
革 carries the meaning · 化 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 軍靴ぐんかmilitary shoes
- 製靴業せいかぎょうthe shoemaking industry
くつkutsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 靴くつshoes, footwear
- 靴屋くつやshoemaker, shoe store
- 靴下くつしたsocks
- 靴墨くつずみshoe polish
- 靴音くつおとwalking sound, footsteps
- 革靴かわぐつleather shoes
- 長靴ながぐつlong boots
- 運動靴うんどうぐつsports shoes, sneakers
- 紳士靴しんしぐつmen's shoes
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)革 leather (meaning) + 化 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 靴 (rev. 94507183), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Leather (革) + turn/change. The primary footwear made of "leather" (shoes), which allow you to "turn" and move your feet across the ground with protection.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xuē
Same form: 靴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 靴 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 靴 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xuē 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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