12345678910111213KeywordbootsFrequency#3090Strokes13ReadingsxuēMnemonic革 (leather) gives the meaning and 化 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of革animal hide化to changeUsed in vocabulary靴xuēboots靴子xuēziboots短靴duǎnxuēankle boots长筒靴chángtǒngxuētall boots马靴mǎxuēriding boots长靴chángxuēboot隔靴搔痒géxuēsāoyǎnglit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point; ineffectual雨靴yǔxuērain boots; rubber boots挂靴guàxuē(sports) to hang up one's boots; to retire高筒靴gāotǒngxuētall boots