Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (gé) 鞋 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1387, Entry 22 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xie. Naming of Things (Shiming): Shoes (xie) are related to the word for untie (jie). When worn, the upper part is tightened, but when one removes them, the upper part is loosened. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Originally written as the variant form (xie). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xie. It means to tie. Also pronounced wa. Refers to a tie on a carriage.