Definitions
variant of 緔|绱[shàng]
patch of leather
Etymology
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鞝 is a phono-semantic compound consisting of the semantic radical 革 (leather, hide) on the left and the phonetic component 尚 on the right, which supplies the sound. The radical's meaning points to an original connection with the cobbling trade, specifically the upper leather of a shoe or the action of attaching a sole. From this, the sense broadened to a piece of leather used for patching or repairing various goods. The character is read as shàng for the shoe upper and zhǎng when used as a verb meaning to sole a shoe.
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