履
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shoe, to tread on
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
履 has 彳 for walking as its meaning part; 尸 shī supplies the sound. The empty part 复 once showed a person with a marked head and a foot. The first sense was 'to tread on', which grew to 'shoe'. The sound link is unclear in modern Mandarin.
Drawn as: person with marked head; foot
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