靴 means “shoes”

くつ · kutsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くつ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カ

JLPT N3 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

Leather (革) that changes (化) to the shape of your foot. 靴 come off at the door in every Japanese home, socks are 靴下, "under the shoes", and at school each pupil has a 靴箱 cubby for swapping shoes.

Used in 靴 (kutsu, shoes), 靴下 (kutsushita, socks), and 靴屋 (kutsuya, shoe shop)

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