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children's shoe (old); to wear one's shoes babouche style
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靸 (sǎ) is a phono-semantic compound, combining the leather radical 革 (gé) for animal hides and traditional footwear with the phonetic 及 (jí). It denotes a casual way of wearing shoes by treading down the back heels like slip-ons, or the slippers themselves. This relaxed, informal approach to footwear contrasts with the rigid dress codes of formal court attire, and the word captures a mundane, enduring action that has persisted through evolving footwear design.
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