entries → 襪
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
襪 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
襪 ＝ 衤 ＋ 蔑
ㄨㄚˋ · wà
noun — sock, stocking

字源 FORM — what the parts do

衤義clothes — cloth worn on the body
蔑聲miè — gives the soundan eye 苜 worn down over 戍 a guard — to scorn, to be slight
IF≠miè → wà — the reading reshapes whole, m and the vowel both gone
衤 the cloth, 蔑 the sound: cloth for the foot — the sock. 蔑 miè once carried the sound, but the reading reshaped to wà, the old initial gone. The plain word is 足衣, foot-clothes: 襪子、絲襪.
意 · Meanings
(本義)襪、足衣— foot-covering
→襪子— sock常用
⇒絲襪— stockings
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
蔑mièthe phonetic, standing alone — the worn eye over a guard, meaning to slight; 襪 adds 衤 for the cloth韤wàthe 說文 form — 韤 wrote 革 (hide) for a leather foot-wrap; 襪 swaps in 衤 for cloth