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IDENTITY

xiéshoe

HSK 2Top 630

CORE MEANING

shoe

Part of speech
noun
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.shoeHSK2

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
leather radical (gé)
strokes
15
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰革圭
    • leather
    • gives the sound xié (historical)

USAGE

Common words

鞋子xiézishoes
拖鞋tuōxiéslippers
运动鞋yùndòngxiésports shoes

Graded examples

  • 我的鞋太小了。Wǒ de xié tài xiǎo le.HSK2

    My shoes are too small.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Leather (革) shaped around the foot (圭) — a shoe.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#630
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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