Memory phrase for the character: 靴

靴

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Meaning

boots

Pronunciation

xuē

Explanation

 Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals 干 have a skin 口 of leather.), right: change 化 (From a standing 亻 to a sitting 匕 person is a change.)

Mnemonic
 
Leather changes into boots.

Radicals

革 untanned leatherA horned 廿 animal seen from above with a backbone 丨 and broad hips 一 has a skin 囗 of leather around its torso. - Also these radicals 皮 and 韦 stand for leather.
化 change




 Vocabulary

靴掖子 xuē yē zi  double layer of padding in a boot
靴裤 xuē kù  boot cut (e.g. of jeans etc)
鹿皮靴 lù pí xuē  moccasins
靴子 xuē zi  boots
隔靴搔痒 gé xuē sāo yǎng  to completely miss the main point of a topic or argument (idiom)
足踝靴 zú huái xuē  ankle boots
足踝靴 zú huái xuē  

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