履

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𢖓, 𭌆, 𭗫

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		履
simp. #		履
alternative forms		㞛 𡲟 𡳐 𢔃 𨂠 㞛 𡲟 𡳐 𢔃 𨂠 𩕎 𨇐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 履
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 尸 + 彳 (“step”) + 夊 (“foot”) + 舟 (“(shoe-shaped) boat”). Possibly phono-semantic (形聲／形声) , with 尸 (OC *hli) functioning as a phonetic component.

Bronze inscriptions: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 眉 + 頁 (“person with prominent head”) + 止 (“foot”) + 舟 (“shoe or (shoe-shaped) boat”).

Modern form is a compound of 尸 + 復 (“return”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 履

1. shoe; footwear
2. foot
3. territory
4. to tread on; to walk on
5. to put on shoes
6. to ascend the throne; to assume (a role)
7. to experience; to undergo
8. to fulfil; to implement; to carry out
9. to carry out personally
10. tenth hexagram of the I Ching

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鞋 (“shoe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		屨, 履, 鞋, 屣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鞋, 鞋子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鞋, 鞋巴兒
	Taiwan	鞋子, 鞋
	Harbin	鞋
	Singapore	鞋子, 鞋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鞋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鞋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鞋
	Wanrong	鞋
	Zhengzhou	鞋
	Xi'an	鞋
	Xining	鞋, 鞋鞋
	Xuzhou	鞋子, 鞋
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鞋腳
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鞋
	Lanzhou	鞋
	Ürümqi	鞋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鞋子
	Wuhan	鞋子, 鞋
	Guiyang	鞋
	Guilin	鞋子
	Liuzhou	鞋子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鞋子
	Yangzhou	鞋子
	Hefei	鞋
	Chuzhou	鞋子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鞋
	Hong Kong	鞋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鞋
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鞋
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鞋
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鞋
	Macau	鞋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鞋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鞋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鞋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鞋
	Foshan	鞋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鞋
	Foshan (Shunde)	鞋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鞋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鞋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鞋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鞋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鞋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鞋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鞋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鞋
	Taishan	鞋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鞋
	Enping (Niujiang)	鞋
	Heshan (Yayao)	鞋
	Dongguan	鞋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鞋
	Shaoguan	鞋
	Yunfu	鞋
	Yangjiang	鞋
	Xinyi	鞋
	Lianjiang	鞋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鞋
	Hepu (Shatian)	鞋
	Beihai	鞋
	Beihai (Nankang)	鞋
	Beihai (Yingpan)	鞋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	鞋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	鞋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	鞋
	Danzhou	鞋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鞋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鞋
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鞋
	Móng Cái	鞋
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	鞋
Gan	Nanchang	鞋子
	Lichuan	鞋仔
	Pingxiang	鞋子
Hakka	Meixian	鞋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鞋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鞋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鞋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鞋
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鞋
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鞋
	Yudu	鞋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鞋
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鞋
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鞋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鞋
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鞋
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鞋
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鞋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鞋, 鞋仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鞋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鞋
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鞋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鞋
	Hong Kong	鞋
	Senai (Huiyang)	鞋
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	鞋
Huizhou	Jixi	鞋
Jin	Taiyuan	鞋, 鞋巴子
	Xinzhou	鞋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鞋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鞋
	Matsu	鞋
Southern Min	Xiamen	鞋
	Quanzhou	鞋
	Jinjiang	鞋
	Shishi	鞋
	Zhangzhou	鞋仔, 鞋
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鞋
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鞋
	Kaohsiung	鞋
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鞋
	Yilan	鞋仔
	Tainan	鞋仔
	Tainan (Anping)	鞋
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鞋
	Penang (Hokkien)	鞋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鞋
	Manila (Hokkien)	鞋
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	鞋
	Pingnan (Sijie)	鞋
	Guilin (Biyange)	鞋
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	鞋
	Lechang (Tatou)	鞋
	Yingde (Yuzui)	鞋
	Yunan (Liantan)	鞋
	Chaozhou	鞋
	Shantou	鞋
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鞋
	Jieyang	鞋
	Haifeng	鞋
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鞋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鞋
	Singapore (Teochew)	鞋
	Pontianak (Teochew)	鞋
	Leizhou	鞋
	Wenchang	鞋
	Haikou	鞋
Puxian Min	Putian	鞋
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鞋
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鞋
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鞋
	Xianyou	鞋
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鞋
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鞋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鞋
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	鞋
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	履
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	履
	Luxi (Baisha)	履
Wu	Shanghai	鞋子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鞋子
	Suzhou	鞋子
	Danyang	鞋子
	Hangzhou	鞋子
	Ningbo	鞋, 鞋爿
	Wenzhou	鞋
	Jinhua	鞋
Xiang	Changsha	鞋子
	Loudi	鞋子
	Shuangfeng	鞋子

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01097
• “履”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

履

(Jōyō kanji)

1. footwear

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kun: はく (haku, 履く, Jōyō)、くつ (kutsu, 履)、ふむ (fumu, 履む)

Compounds

• 履(は)く (haku): to wear (on the lower body)
• 履(り)歴(れき) (rireki)
• 履(り)約(やく) (riyaku)
• 履修(りしゅう) (rishū)
• 履新(りしん) (rishin)
• 履端(りたん) (ritan)
• 履行(りこう) (rikō)
• 履践(りせん) (risen)
• 履道応乾(りどうおうけん) (ridōōken)
• 草履(ぞうり) (zōri): zori

 

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Korean

Hanja

履 • (ri) (hangeul 리, revised ri, McCune–Reischauer ri)

1. footwear; shoes
2. to walk on
3. to tread

Compounds

• 履歷書 (이력서): curriculum vitae, resume
• 履行 (이행): implementation

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 履 (giầy, giày, lí)

1. footwear

References

• Nom Foundation