FOOTWEAR 足衣
GARMENT WORN on the FEET.
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Modern Chinese Criteria
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1. WL 240 quotes with approval DUAN YUCAI on the terminological changes within the field of the vocabulary of footwear. However, it does appear that the late xie2 鞋 differs from the other words not only in its late currency but also in the fact that the shoes involved always have shoelaces. However, this is a fine point that needs further research.
Words (19 items)
屨 jù OC: klos MC: ki̯o 17 Attributions
The most general current word for a shoe is jù 屨, later in Han times lu# 履.
- Syntactic words
- npleated straw shoe or sandal; generally: footwear
- viput on one's sandalsCH
- vi.adVwearing straw sandals to VCH
履 lǚ OC: riʔ MC: li 9 Attributions
The most general current word for a shoe is jù 屨, later in Han times lǚ 履.
- Syntactic words
- nleather shoes; footwear; general term for a shoe
- nnonreferentialfootwear (should possibly be nm)
屩 juē OC: kewɡ MC: ki̯ɐk
蹻 jué OC: kewɡ MC: ki̯ɐk
屩蹻蹺 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 6 Attributions
Jué 屩 refers to straw sandals worn outside, suitable for long walks.
- Syntactic words
- nsandal (of straw or soft leather); humble typically plaited footwear, suitable for long walks, fairly high standard
屐 jī OC: ɡeɡ MC: gɣɛk 5 Attributions
Jī 屐 refers to wooden clogs suitable for bad weather.
- Syntactic words
- nwooden clogs for walking in the mud
舄 xì OC: sqaɡ MC: siɛk 3 Attributions
Xì 舄 refers to leather shoes with wooden soles that were particularly worn on ritual or formal occasions.
- Syntactic words
- nleather shoes with wooden soles (the wooden soles before post-Han times), general word for shoe
鞋 xié OC: ɡree MC: ɦɣɛ 2 Attributions
Xié 鞋 is rare in pre-Han times and refers to leather shoes that are tied with shoelaces.
- Syntactic words
- nHN: leather shoes; sandals
踴 yǒng OC: k-loŋʔ MC: ji̯oŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nshoes for prisoners with part of their feet cut off
蹝 xǐ OC: MC: ʂiɛ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nold sandal
葩屨 pā jù OC: phraa klos MC: phɣɛ ki̯o 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPstraw sandals
縰 xǐ MC: srjeX OC: srelʔ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- n=屣 coarse sandalCH
屝屨 fèi jù OC: buls klos MC: bɨi ki̯o 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialfootwear
靼 dá MC: tat OC: -- 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
鞋 xié OC: ɡree MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nHN: early form of xié 鞋
鞔 mán OC: moon MC: mʷɑn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nshoe (sometimes specifically: sole of shoe) LS: 為鞔者"shoemaker"
鞮 dī OC: k-lee MC: tei 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nkind of leather shoe
鞾 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nearly variant character for xuē 靴
屝 fèi OC: buls MC: bɨi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nrough straw sandals (mainly for the use of prisoners)
屣 xǐ OC: srelʔ MC: ʂiɛ 0 Attributions
Xǐ 屣 refers to straw-made slippers worn inside.
- Syntactic words
- nslippers
屧 xiè OC: sleeb MC: sep 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nwooden shoes