靴

xuē
#3,085 most
frequent character
boots

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

靴 has 革 (animal hide) as its meaning part and 化 huà as a sound part, though the sound link is not obvious in Mandarin. Its first and only meaning is 'boots,' made from hide.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

靴xuē
variant of 靴[xue1]

Homophones

削xuē
to pare, to reduce, to remove
薛xuē
wormwood like grass (classical)

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