胝 (zhī): (in 胼胝) a callus, thick hard sk…

Meanings

耕耘树艺，手足胼胝。

Gēngyún shùyì, shǒuzú piánzhī.

Plowing and planting leave the hands and feet covered in calluses.

他脚底结了一层厚胝。

Tā jiǎodǐ jié le yì céng hòu zhī.

A thick callus had formed on the sole of his foot.

usage

胝 pairs with 胼 in 胼胝 ('calluses'). The everyday word for the same thing is 茧子. 胝 is a bound, literary character.

radical

⺼ ròu

flesh; body part

The left side is the flesh radical ⺼ (a body form of 肉). It marks 胝 as something on the body, here hardened skin.

phonetic

氐 dī

phonetic element (base; root)

氐 supplies the sound, drifted from dī to zhī. It carries no meaning here, working only as the phonetic beside the flesh radical.

胝 zhī