Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (gé) Page 1388, Entry 38 Pronounced ta. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Refers to a shoe. Expanded Dictionary (Guangyun): Refers to a leather shoe. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on the Longyang (Changyang fu): Even a leather shoe will not wear through. Commentary: Shigu explains that a shoe made of leather is called a ta. Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced da, same sound as ta. Originally written in a variant form (ge). For a detailed explanation, see the entry for the character ge.