履

See also 履

Translingual

Etymology

Complicated etymology; graphically 尸 + 復 (“return”), roughly “walking on a road”.

Han character

履 (radical 44 尸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹人水 (SHOE), four-corner 7724₇)

1. footwear, shoes
2. walk on, tread

Related characters

• 覆

References

• KangXi: page 303, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7799
• Dae Jaweon: page 602, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 980, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5C65

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Cantonese

Hanzi

履 (jyutping lei5, leoi5, Yale lei5, leui5)

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Japanese

Kanji

履 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: り (ri)
• Kun: はく (haku), くつ (kutsu), ふむ (fumu)

Compounds

履行 (りこう, rikō) 履修 (りしゅう, rishū) 履新 (りしん, rishin)

履践 (りせん, risen) 履端 (りたん, ritan) 履道応乾 (りどうおうけん, ridōōken)

履約 (りやく, riyaku) 履歴 (りれき, rireki) 履く (はく, haku, “to wear (on the lower body)”) 草履 (ぞうり, zōri, “zori”)

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Korean

Hanja

履 (hangeul 리, revised ri, McCune-Reischauer ri)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

履 (pinyin lǚ (lü3), Wade-Giles lü³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

履 (lý, giầy, giày, lí)