Chinese Character 胝 Meanings and components.

Form

胝

Meaning

胝 meaning[3] in English

Callous.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 胝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and name of an … (氐)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BHVI

How to write 胝

To write胝zhi1callous you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 氐di1name of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 氐 = 胝

胝 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 胝 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 胝, looks as follow:

胝
Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Callous
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
氐
Pinyin:di1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Name Of An Ancient Tribe
氏
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Clan Name . Maiden Name
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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