屣

xǐ
noun #49,704

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) shoes, especially slippers or worn-out shoes

Examples

HSK 5
Tā bǎ fùguì kàn de xiàng tuō xié yíyàng qīng.
He cast aside wealth and rank as easily as taking off a worn shoe.

Tips

history
屣 is a classical word for shoes (often worn-out ones or slippers) and is not used independently in modern Chinese, where the everyday word is 鞋. It is best known from the image of discarding something 'like taking off a shoe' (弃如敝屣). Built on the 尸 radical.
register
Classical and literary only. Use 鞋 in modern Chinese.

Components

radical
尸 shī
body; the body-form radical
The 尸 radical (a bent human figure) tops 屣 and is its indexing radical, common in characters about the body and what it wears.
phonetic
徙 xǐ
to move; to relocate
The 徙 element supplies the sound, and its 'walking / moving' sense suits a word for footwear.

Stroke Order

屣 xǐ