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屐

jī
noun #75,238

Meanings

  1. 1 clogs
  2. 2 wooden sandals

Examples

古时文人喜欢穿木屐登山。
Gǔshí wénrén xǐhuan chuān mùjī dēngshān.
In old times scholars liked to climb mountains in wooden clogs.
她趿上一双木屐走进院子。
Tā tā shàng yì shuāng mùjī zǒu jìn yuànzi.
She slipped on a pair of clogs and went out into the yard.

Tips

culture
A wooden-soled sandal, usually said as 木屐 ('wooden clogs'). It is mostly a historical or literary word, evoking old scholars and rainy-day footwear.

Components

radical
尸 shī
body; bent figure (radical)
The body radical, here a contracted form of 履 ('footwear'). It wraps the top-left and frames a word about something worn on the body, the same family as 屉.
semantic
彳 chì
step; to walk
A step, sitting inside on the left. Clogs are for walking, so the step element reinforces the footwear meaning.
phonetic
支 zhī
branch; to prop; phonetic
To prop, supplying the sound; zhī shifts to jī. Its 'propping up' sense faintly suits a raised wooden sole. Same phonetic in 技.

Stroke Order

屐 jī