jī
wooden shoes
Phonosemantic compound. 履 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.[g]rek | gjaek | jī | wooden sandal |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4991st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+5C50 |
Shuowen | “屐,屩也。从履省,支聲。” |
Sources
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