胝 (zhī) · (in 胼胝) a callus, thick hard skin on the palms or…

Meanings

1 (in 胼胝) a callus, thick hard skin on the palms or soles

Characters

胝

zhī

callus (in 胼胝)

Examples

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

耕耘树艺，手足胼胝。

Gēngyún shùyì, shǒuzú piánzhī.

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

Tips

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.

Components

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

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.

Stroke Order

胝 zhī

Related Words

胼手胝足 piánshǒu-zhīzú

calluses on hands and feet from hard labor / to work one's fingers to the bone

辛苦 xīnkǔ HSK 4 #2,564

hard; exhausting; toilsome / to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble / (polite) thank you for your hard work

硬盘 yìngpán HSK 7-9 #5,915

hard disk / hard drive

肤色 fūsè #6,114

skin color / complexion / skin tone

努力 nǔlì HSK 3 #528

to work hard / hard-working / effort

拧 níng HSK 7-9 #6,943

to pinch and twist (someone's skin) / to wring hard

挨 ái HSK 7-9 #5,027

to suffer; to endure (something unpleasant) / to pull through; to drag out (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to dawdle

粗 cū HSK 4 #4,811

thick; wide (of something long) / coarse; rough; crude

厚 hòu HSK 4 #4,609

thick (of flat objects) / deep; rich; generous / kind; sincere

奋斗 fèndòu HSK 5 #5,191

to strive; to struggle / to fight for; to work hard