草鞋

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	shoe
trad. (草鞋)		草	鞋
simp. #(草鞋)		草	鞋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² haai⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-ôe / chháu-ê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao² oi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎosié
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-hsieh²
    • Yale: tsǎu-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoshye
    • Palladius: цаосе (caose)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² haai⁴
    • Yale: chóu hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ haːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-ôe
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-uê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawoee
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-ê
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-ê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ e²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao² oi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu ôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ oi⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 草鞋

1. straw sandals

Synonyms

• 涼鞋／凉鞋 (liángxié)
• 千里馬 (qiānlǐmǎ)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

草鞋 (waraji, waranji, waranzu, warazu, warōzu, sōkai, sōai): traditional Japanese straw sandals.

草鞋 (warōzu, sōkai, sōai): traditional Japanese straw shoes or boots.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
草	鞋
わら Grade: 1	くつ > じ Hyōgaiji
irregular

/waraɡut͡su/ → /warand͡zu/ → /warand͡ʑi/ → /warad͡ʑi/

Originally a compound of 藁 (wara, “straw”) +‎ 靴 (kutsu, “shoes, boots, footwear”).

Appears with this reading during the Edo period (1603–1868). Now the most common reading for the straw sandals sense.

The sense appears to have developed from straw footwear in general, to more specifically straw sandals. The oldest reading waragutsu is still current in modern Japanese with the 藁沓 spelling, now often referring more specifically to straw shoes or boots that enclose the feet.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

• 藁沓, 鞋 (rare)

Noun

草(わら)鞋(じ) • (waraji) ^{←わらぢ (waradi)?}

1. traditional Japanese straw sandals

Derived terms

• 草鞋虫(わらじむし) (waraji mushi), 鼠姑(わらじむし) (waraji mushi, “a woodlouse that cannot curl up into a ball”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
草	鞋
わら Grade: 1	くつ > んじ Hyōgaiji
irregular

/waraɡut͡su/ → /warand͡zu/ → /warand͡ʑi/

Originally a compound of 藁 (wara, “straw”) +‎ 靴 (kutsu, “shoes, boots, footwear”).

Appears with this reading in the late 1400s, during the Muromachi period (1336–1573). Superseded in modern usage by waraji above.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

草(わら)鞋(んじ) • (waranji) ^{←わらんぢ (warandi)?}

1. (archaic) traditional Japanese straw sandals

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
草	鞋
わら Grade: 1	くつ > んず Hyōgaiji
irregular

/waraɡut͡su/ → /warand͡zu/ → /waranzu/

Originally a compound of 藁 (wara, “straw”) +‎ 靴 (kutsu, “shoes, boots, footwear”).

Appears with this reading in the The Tale of the Heike, compiled some time between 1185 and 1330. Superseded in modern usage by waraji above.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

草(わら)鞋(んず) • (waranzu) ^{←わらんづ (warandu)?}

1. (archaic) traditional Japanese straw sandals

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
草	鞋
わら Grade: 1	くつ > ず Hyōgaiji
irregular

/waraɡut͡su/ → /waraud͡zu/ → /warad͡zu/ → /warazu/

Originally a compound of 藁 (wara, “straw”) +‎ 靴 (kutsu, “shoes, boots, footwear”).

Appears with this reading in the Kanchi-in edition of the Ruiju Myōgishō, compiled during the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Superseded in modern usage by waraji above.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

草(わら)鞋(ず) • (warazu) ^{←わらづ (waradu)?}

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) traditional Japanese straw sandals

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
草	鞋
わら > わろ Grade: 1	くつ > うず Hyōgaiji
irregular

/waraɡut͡su/ → /waraud͡zu/ → /warɔːd͡zu/ → /waroːd͡zu/ → /waroːzu/

Originally a compound of 藁 (wara, “straw”) +‎ 靴 (kutsu, “shoes, boots, footwear”).

Appears with this reading in the Utsubo Monogatari of the late 900s. Superseded in modern usage by waraji above for the straw sandal sense, and by 藁沓 (waragutsu) for the straw shoe or boot sense.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

• 藁沓

Noun

草(わろ)鞋(うず) • (warōzu) ^{←わろうづ (waroudu)?}

1. (archaic) traditional Japanese straw sandals
2. (archaic) traditional Japanese straw shoess or boots

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
草	鞋
そう Grade: 1	かい Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 草鞋 (MC tshawX hea|heaj, “straw shoe, straw sandal”).

Appears with this reading in the Konjaku Monogatarishū, compiled in the early 1100s.

Noun

草(そう)鞋(かい) • (sōkai) ^{←さうかい (saukai)?}

1. (rare) traditional Japanese straw sandals
2. (rare) traditional Japanese straw shoes or boots
3. Alternative spelling of 挿鞋: formal footwear made of wood and embroidery, worn by the emperor at court

Usage notes

The waraji reading above is more common for the straw sandals sense, and the term 藁沓 (waragutsu) is more common for the straw shoes or boots sense.

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
草	鞋
そう Grade: 1	かい > あい Hyōgaiji
kan'yōon

Shift from earlier sōkai reading (see above), adopting the kan'yōyomi of ai for the 鞋 character, rather than its regular kan'on reading of kai.

Appears with this reading in the Taiheiki, compiled in the late 1300s. Superseded in modern usage by sōkai above.

Noun

草(そう)鞋(あい) • (sōai) ^{←さうあい (sauai)?}

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) traditional Japanese straw sandals
2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) traditional Japanese straw shoes or boots