靴

Translingual

Han character

靴 (radical 177 革+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿十人心 (TJOP), four-corner 4451₀, composition ⿰革化)

References

• KangXi: page 1385, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42729
• Dae Jaweon: page 1900, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4327, character 21
• Unihan data for U+9774

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		靴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuē (xue¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoe¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): hia
• Wu (WT Romanisation): xio (T1); xie (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ
    • Wade-Giles: hsüeh¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiue
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoe¹
    • Yale: hēu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoe¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hœː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia
    • Tâi-lô: hia
    • IPA (Taipei): /hia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hia³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: xio (T1); xie (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕio⁵³/, /ɕiᴇ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (靴, reconstructed)
Character (靴), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 戈 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 許𦚢切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɨuɑ/	/xi̯wɑ/	/xiuɑ/	/hʷiɑ/	/hua/	/xĭuɑ/	/xiuɑ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (靴, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
靴					5324					化					魚					1					鞾					/*hʷa/					同鞾

Definitions

靴

1. boots (footwear)

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Japanese

Kanji

靴

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: け (ke) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: か (ka), (historical) くわ (kwa)
• Kun: くつ (kutsu)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) くつ​ [kùtsúꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̥ᵝt͡sɯᵝ]

Etymology

Unclear. Some Japanese sources suggest a borrowing from or cognate with Korean 구두 (gudu, “shoes”), but then some Korean sources suggest that the Korean term was borrowed from Japanese 靴 (kutsu, “shoes”).

Alternative forms

• 沓, 履, 鞋

Noun

靴 (hiragana くつ, romaji kutsu)

1. footwear, footgear: a shoe, (a pair of) shoes; a boot, (a pair of) boots

Synonyms

• シューズ (shūzu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

靴下 (くつした) (kutsushita): sock 靴擦 (くつず)れ (kutsuzure): a blister on one's foot due to ill-fitting shoes

Descendants

• Korean: 구두 (gudu)

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Korean

Hanja

靴 (hwa) (hangeul 화, McCune-Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

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
• 長靴 (장화, janghwa) boots

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Vietnamese

Han character

靴 (ngoa)

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