literary
archaic
name

Meaning of

舄 means shoes (archaic, literary); salt marsh; lagoon (variant of 潟). Pronounced xì.

  • shoes (archaic, literary)
  • salt marsh; lagoon (variant of 潟)
  • surname Xi

Character Info

Radical
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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

rén
 

The ancients discarded them like worn-out shoes.

dào
xiāng
yíng
 
xiǎn
de
shí
fèn
qíng
 

He rushed out to greet them with his shoes on backwards, showing extreme enthusiasm.

Tuō
guì
 
guī
yǐn
shān
lín
 

Casting off wealth and honor like shoes, he retreated to live in the mountains.

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