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屐

jī
noun #75,238

Meanings

  1. 1 clogs
  2. 2 wooden sandals

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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