襪

See also: 袜 and 韈

襪	U 896A, 襪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-896A

← 襩
[U 8969]

CJK Unified Ideographs

襫 →
[U 896B]

Translingual

Han character

襪 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣 15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 中廿田戈 (LTWI), four-corner 3425₃, composition ⿰衤蔑)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1126, character 40
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34696
Dae Jaweon: page 1593, character 41
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3119, character 10
Unihan data for U 896A

Chinese

trad.		襪
simp.		袜^*
alternative forms		韤韈／袜𥀯韎𤿗韤韈／袜𥀯韎𤿗𥿉帓𤿖靺

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襪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (蔑) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
礣	*mreːd
蔑	meːd, meːd
篾	*meːd
蠛	*meːd
懱	*meːd
幭	*meːd
鱴	*meːd
衊	*meːd
瀎	meːd, maːd
襪	*mad
韤	*mad
韈	*mad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mad) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) phonetic 蔑 (OC *meːd, *meːd).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wà (wa⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wa²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mat⁶ / maat⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): mat⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): uat⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mat

(Meixian, Guangdong): mad⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): vah⁴
Northern Min (KCR): muòi
Eastern Min (BUC): uăk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bue²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): be̍h / be̍rh / boe̍h / bēr / boa̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuêh⁸ / ghuêh⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸maq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ua⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wà
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wà
  - Wade–Giles: wa⁴
  - Yale: wà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wah
  - Palladius: ва (va)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wa²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ / maat⁶
  - Yale: maht / maaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ / maat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ / mad⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/, /maːt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mat⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbat̚³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: uat⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uat̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mat
  - Hakka Romanization System: mad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /mat̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /mat̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)
  - Wiktionary: vah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vaʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: muòi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muɛ⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uăk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bue²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puei¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h
  - Tâi-lô: be̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beh
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /beʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /beʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍rh
  - Tâi-lô: be̍rh
  - IPA (Lukang): /bəʔ³⁵/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /bəʔ⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bəʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: bue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bueʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Yilan): /bueʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Penang): /bueʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr
  - Tâi-lô: bēr
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: bua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /buat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹/

Note:

be̍h/be̍rh/boe̍h/bēr - vernacular;
boa̍t - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhuêh⁸ / ghuêh⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bue̍h / gue̍h
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /bueʔ⁴/, /ɡueʔ⁴/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸maq
  - MiniDict: mah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵maq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /maʔ¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ua⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 襪
Mandarin	Beijing	/ua⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ua⁵³/
	Tianjin	/vɑ⁵³/
	Jinan	/va²¹/
	Qingdao	/va⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ua²⁴/
	Xi'an	/va²¹/
	Xining	/ua⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/va¹³/
	Lanzhou	/va¹³/
	Ürümqi	/va²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ua²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ua³¹/
	Guiyang	/ua²¹/
	Kunming	/ua̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/uɑʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/uɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vaʔ²/
	Pingyao	/uʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/vaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/maʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/maʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/mɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/mo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/ua²²/ /ma²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/muːən²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ua²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/uɒ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/uaʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/mat̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/mɑt̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐt̚²/
	Nanning	/mat̚²²/ /mɐt̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/mɐt̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/buat̚⁵/ /beʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uaʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/muɛ⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/gueʔ⁵/ /bueʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/vak̚³/

Middle Chinese: mjot

Rime
Character	襪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	望發切
Baxter	mjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muat̚/
Li Rong	/miuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maat⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襪
Reading #	1/1
No.	9126
Phonetic component	蔑
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	韤
Old Chinese	/*mad/
Notes	同韤見釋名

Definitions

襪

sock; stocking (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 對／对 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 襪子 (“sock”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		襪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		襪子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	襪子
	Taiwan	襪子
	Ulanhot	襪子
	Tongliao	襪子
	Chifeng	襪子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	襪子
	Harbin	襪子
	Shenyang	襪子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	襪子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	襪子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	襪子
	Zhengzhou	襪子
	Xi'an	襪子
	Xining	襪子
	Xuzhou	襪子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	襪子
	Bayanhot	襪子
	Lanzhou	襪子
	Ürümqi	襪子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	襪子
	Chongqing	襪子
	Wuhan	襪子
	Guiyang	襪子
	Kunming	襪子
	Guilin	襪子
	Liuzhou	襪子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	襪子
	Yangzhou	襪子
	Hefei	襪子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	襪
	Hong Kong	襪
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	襪
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	襪
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	襪
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	襪
	Macau	襪
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	襪
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	襪
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	襪
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	襪
	Foshan	襪
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	襪
	Foshan (Shunde)	襪
	Foshan (Sanshui)	襪
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	襪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	襪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	襪
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	襪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	襪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	襪
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	襪
	Taishan	襪
	Taishan (Guanghai)	襪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	襪
	Enping (Niujiang)	襪
	Heshan (Yayao)	襪
	Dongguan	襪
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	襪
	Qingyuan	襪
	Fogang	襪
	Yingde (Hanguang)	襪
	Yangshan	襪
	Lianshan (Butian)	襪
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	襪
	Shaoguan	襪
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	襪
	Renhua	襪
	Lechang	襪, 襪仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	襪
	Sihui	襪
	Guangning	襪
	Deqing	襪
	Huaiji	襪
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	襪
	Yunfu	襪
	Xinxing	襪
	Luoding	襪
	Yunan (Pingtai)	襪
	Yangjiang	襪
	Xinyi	襪
	Maoming (Xinpo)	襪
	Lianjiang	襪
	Nanning	襪
	Wuzhou	襪
	Yulin	襪
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	襪
	Hepu (Shatian)	襪
	Guiping	襪
	Mengshan (Xihe)	襪
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	襪
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	襪
	Baise	襪
	Bobai	襪
Lingshan	襪
Pubei	襪
Qinzhou	襪
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	襪
Beihai	襪
Beihai (Nankang)	襪
Beihai (Yingpan)	襪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	襪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	襪
Ningming	襪
Hengzhou	襪
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	襪
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	襪
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	襪
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	襪
Móng Cái	襪
Mandalay (Taishan)	襪
Gan	Nanchang	襪子
	Lichuan	水襪
	Pingxiang	襪子
Hakka	Meixian	襪仔, 襪
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	襪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	襪
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	襪
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	襪
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	襪哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	襪
	Wengyuan	襪子
	Liannan	襪
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	襪
	Jiexi	襪
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	襪
	Changting	襪
	Wuping (Yanqian)	襪
	Ninghua	襪子
	Yudu	襪子
	Ningdu	襪子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	襪子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	襪子
	Dayu	襪哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	襪仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	襪仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	襪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	襪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	襪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	襪
	Hong Kong	襪
	Mengshan (Xihe)	襪
	Luchuan	襪
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	襪
	Senai (Huiyang)	襪
	Singkawang	襪
Huizhou	Jixi	鞋襪
Jin	Taiyuan	襪子
	Xinzhou	襪子, 涼襪子
	Taibus (Baochang)	襪子
	Linhe	襪子
	Jining	襪子
	Hohhot	襪子
	Baotou	襪子
	Dongsheng	襪子
	Haibowan	襪子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	襪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	襪
	Fuqing	襪
	Matsu	襪
Southern Min	Xiamen	襪, 襪仔
	Quanzhou	襪, 襪仔
	Zhangzhou	襪, 襪仔
	Taipei	襪, 襪仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	襪仔
	Kaohsiung	襪仔
	Yilan	襪仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	襪仔
	Taichung	襪仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	襪仔
	Tainan	襪仔
	Taitung	襪仔
	Hsinchu	襪, 襪仔
	Kinmen	襪
	Penghu (Magong)	襪, 襪仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	襪
	Manila (Hokkien)	襪
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	襪
	Chaozhou	襪
	Shantou (Chenghai)	襪
	Jieyang	襪
	Haifeng	襪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	襪
	Leizhou	襪
	Haikou	襪
Puxian Min	Putian	襪
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	襪
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	襪
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	襪
	Xianyou	襪
	Xianyou (Fengting)	襪
	Xianyou (Youyang)	襪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	襪
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	襪子
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	襪
Wu	Shanghai	襪, 襪子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	洋襪
	Suzhou	襪, 洋襪
	Danyang	襪
	Hangzhou	襪兒, 洋襪
	Ningbo	襪
	Wenzhou	襪
	Jinhua	襪
Xiang	Changsha	襪子
	Loudi	襪子, 襪
	Shuangfeng	襪子
	Quanzhou	襪子

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

襪

(Hyōgai kanji)

socks

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
襪
しとうず Hyōgai
irregular

Noun

襪(しとうず) • (shitōzu)

(clothing) ankle-tied silk socks, worn by high nobles in formal court dress and priests.

Korean

Hanja

襪 • (mal) (hangeul 말, revised mal, McCune–Reischauer mal, Yale mal)

(버선 말, beoseon-): socks, footmuffs of Korean tradition

Synonyms

韈 (말, mal)

Compounds

洋襪 (양말, yangmal) Western socks, stockings