Definitions

children's shoe (old); to wear one's shoes babouche style

Etymology

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The character "靸" is formed with the radical "革" meaning leather and the phonetic component "及", etymologically pointing to its association with leather footwear, initially denoting a type of slipper or shoe without a heel. Over time, its semantic scope shifted from solely referencing that specific object to also functioning as a verb describing the action of wearing shoes in a loose, dragging manner.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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