鞵 (xié) - Xie — an archaic term for shoes or & now largely obsolete and replaced by 鞋.

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鞵 · xié

Xie — an archaic term for shoes or footwear;

now largely obsolete and replaced by 鞋.

Xie — an archaic term for shoes ornow largely obsolete and replaced by 鞋.

Usage highlights

leather shoesstraw sandalsembroidered shoesshoe soleshoe laces

Synonyms

  • 鞋— shoe (modern standard term)
  • 履— shoe (literary term)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • In ancient texts, shoes were called xie (鞵).
  • The character appears in classical literature referring to footwear (鞵履).
  • Archaeologists found remnants of leather xie (皮鞵) at the site.

Collocations

  • leather shoes(皮鞵)
  • straw sandals(草鞵)
  • embroidered shoes(绣鞵)
  • shoe sole(鞵底)
  • shoe laces(鞵带)

Idioms

  • None commonly used with this character in modern Chinese

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 鞵 is an ancient character for footwear that predates the more common 鞋.
  • It appears in classical Chinese texts but has fallen out of common usage.
  • The character reflects historical shoe-making materials like leather (革 radical).

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