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致

zhì

send, deliver

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components
至 sound component

至  Sound component

zhì

  

reach

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

致 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
致 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
致 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
致 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

致 (緻) 

zhì

delicate, fine; dense; (bound form) fine; delicate

致  

zhì

send, deliver, present; cause; to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey

Most common words with 致
Freq.
Word
Meaning

导致

to lead to

一致

unanimous

致

to send

致命

fatal

精致

delicate

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

緻

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t<r>i[t]-s

trijH

zhì

(cause to arrive): transmit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 50.2162% of movies

879th most common character in movies

524th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

致

Traditional

緻致

Unicode

U+81F4

Shuowen

“致，送詣也。从夂，从至。”


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