致

zhì
#524 most
frequent character
(literary) to send, to transmit

Character breakdown

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

致zhì
(bound form) fine, delicate

Homophones

治zhì
rule, govern, manage, cure
至zhì
to, till, until, extremely
志zhì
sign, mark, to record
识zhì
to record, to write a footnote
质zhì
character, nature, quality, plain
志zhì
aspiration, ambition, the will

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