靴

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) boot footwear

Trivia
This is one of the few characters with a -üe final in Mandarin that did not have an entering tone in Middle Chinese.

Hanja

 * 1) (가죽 신 화, gajuk-sin-): footwear made of leather

Compounds

 * 木靴 (목화, mokhwa) The courtesy footwear in the Eastern tradition, as worn by courtiers, somewhat similar to the moccasin made of deerskin.
 * 洋靴 (양화, yanghwa) Western shoes, boots
 * 運動靴 (운동화, undonghwa) sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes
 * 長靴 (장화, janghwa) boots

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬; see there for more.

Pronunciation

 * (tone class B)

Noun

 * 1) shoe

Etymology
According to Miyagi (2003:967), derived from a Chinese source. Compare Xiang reading xya1 ~ xye1.

Alternatively, according to Miyanaga (1930:index p. 95), it is derived from the same source as, via "fire" + "building", but this is problematic on semantic grounds.

Pronunciation

 * (tone class A)

Noun

 * 1) shoe, shoes