革履

Chinese

		leather; remove	shoe; to tread on
trad. (革履)		革	履
simp. #(革履)		革	履

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gélǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gélǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gélyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-lü³
    • Yale: gé-lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerleu
    • Palladius: гэлюй (gɛljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: keak lijX

Rime
Character	革	履
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	麥 (119)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古核切	力几切
Baxter	keak	lijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛk̚/	/liɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæk̚/	/liX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐk̚/	/ljɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjk̚/	/liX/
Li Rong	/kɛk̚/	/liX/
Wang Li	/kæk̚/	/liX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kæk̚/	/liX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge	lǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gak1	lei5

Noun

革履

1. leather shoes

   Synonym: 皮鞋 (píxié)

   • 每見曳革履，上笑曰：「我識鄭尚書履聲。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     每见曳革履，上笑曰：「我识郑尚书履声。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Měi jiàn yè gélǚ, shàng xiào yuē: “Wǒ shí Zhèng shàng shū lǚ shēng.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • …菩提子三斗、青蓮華廿莖、玳瑁疊子八面、天竺革履二緉… [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     …菩提子三斗、青莲华廿茎、玳瑁叠子八面、天竺革履二𮉧… [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 779 AD, 淡海三船 (Ōmi no Mifune) 《唐大和上東征傳》

     ... pútízǐ sān dǒu, qīnglián huá niàn jīng, dàimào diézǐ bā miàn, tiānzhú gélǚ èr liǎng... [Pinyin]

     […] three jars filled with seedlings of the bodhi tree, twenty stalks of the blue lotus flower, eight dishes made from the shell of the hawksbill sea turtle, two pairs of leather shoes from India […]

Derived terms

• 西裝革履 / 西装革履 (xīzhuānggélǚ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (革履):

• → Korean: 혁리(革履) (hyeongni)