Question

履 は.く 履歴(りれき): (1) personal history; background; career (2) log; record (3) hysteresis草履(ぞうり): zori (Japanese footwear sandals)履く(はく): (1) to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear (2) to affix a sword to one's hip (3) to affix a bowstring to a bow S 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)復: restore; return to; revert; resume 尸 3 (none) footgear You should never use a flag as a shoeshine cloth to restore your footgear.

Accepted Answer

リ footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet 1 1619 15 44 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ 会意 Compound Ideographic NOTE: The most common use is in はく, meaning to put on footgear, rather than actual footgear itself. STORY: You are asleep in camp when you are woken up with news that the FLAG has fallen to the enemy. You quickly PUT ON YOUR FOOTGEAR and run off to RESTORE the FLAG.

Kanji	履
Onyomi	リ
Kunyomi	は.く
English	footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet
Examples	履歴(りれき): (1) personal history; background; career (2) log; record (3) hysteresis 草履(ぞうり): zori (Japanese footwear sandals) 履く(はく): (1) to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear (2) to affix a sword to one's hip (3) to affix a bowstring to a bow
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1619
Components	尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 復: restore; return to; revert; resume
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	尸
Radical Number	44
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	footgear
Koohii Story 1	NOTE: The most common use is in はく, meaning to put on footgear, rather than actual footgear itself. STORY: You are asleep in camp when you are woken up with news that the FLAG has fallen to the enemy. You quickly PUT ON YOUR FOOTGEAR and run off to RESTORE the FLAG.
Koohii Story 2	You should never use a flag as a shoeshine cloth to restore your footgear.

Put Flag Footgear Footwear Wear Affix Restore 履