Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
致 has 至 as both meaning and sound part, first meaning 'to arrive; deliver'. 攵 is an empty part, once a person with a marked foot. The meaning then grew to 'result in'; 'fine; delicate' was borrowed for the sound, and 'careful' grew from that.
Drawn as: person with emphasized foot
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