Definitions
variant of 緔|绱[shàng]
patch of leather
Etymology
About
The character 鞝 is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 革 (leather) on the left and the phonetic component 尚 on the right. The leather radical indicates its original association with cobbling, denoting the upper leather part of a shoe or the action of attaching a sole. In some contexts, the meaning extended to a piece of leather used for patching or repairs. The pronunciation varies with usage, typically read as "shàng" for the shoe upper or "zhǎng" as the verb for soling.