The exact way to write the hard skin of the hands or feet mentioned in the title should be written as "toe", not "cocoon".
Then our "Explanation of Characters in Speaking" course, this lesson talks about the three Chinese characters in the "foot" part: "趽, 趹, 趼", the three characters are not commonly used Chinese characters, the emphasis is on understanding. The details of the three words are as follows:
1. Zhao. There are three pronunciations:
(a) fàng. This is the pronunciation of the Zhonghua Book Company's Zhuyin edition of the Shuowen Jiezi, and the explanation given is: "趽, Qu Ti Ma Ye." From the foot, the square sound. Read with Peng Tong. "Shape sound word. The original meaning is curved shin horse. If it is a little vernacular, it is a horse with bent legs, which is a "crutch horse" (not a "crutch horse" in chess terminology). Specifically, whether it is a horse with a disability or a horse that actively bends its calves, Xu Shen did not explain in detail, and there are doubts for the time being. "Guangyun Yangyun": "趽, qu shin horse name." ”

(Curved Shin Horse)
(ii) páng. This pronunciation is from "Guangyun". It has two meanings: (1) The curved appearance of the lower leg. Note that the calf bend here is no longer a one-fingered horse. "Guangyun Tang Yun": "Zhao, knee and shin curved appearance." Also refers to the bending of the calves. "Chapters of Sea Categories, Body Types, and Feet": "Zhao, all shins are known as zhao." "(2) Evil songs. "New Book of Taoism": "The end of the heart is not to be said, and the reverse end is to be sloppy." ”
(c) fāng. This pronunciation is from "Guangyun". "Guangyun YangYun": "Zhao, Zhaoye." "It will be said below the script that the animal's foot is in front of the ground.
The small seal of Zhao is written as shown in the figure:
(Small seal writing)
2. Zhao. There are two pronunciations:
(i) jué. This is the pronunciation of the Zhonghua Book Company's Zhuyin edition of the Shuowen Jiezi, and the explanation given is: "趹, Ma Xingmao." From the foot, decide to save the voice. "The original meaning of the shape is the appearance of a horse galloping. "History of Zhang Yilie": "The liang of Qin ma, the multitude of soldiers, the probing of the front and the back, the three seekers in the middle of the earth, innumerable." Sima Zhen's "History of Suoyin": "It is said that the horse's front foot probes forward, and the back foot is behind." The back foot is determined, and the trend of the horse is also fast. "The gist is to say: The qin war horses are excellent, there are many soldiers, the war horses protrude their front hooves and kick up their hind legs, and the four hooves can jump up to twenty-one feet, and such horses are innumerable.
(Galloping Horse)
In addition to the original meaning, there are other uses of 趹, such as:
(1) Disease, rapid travel. "Jade Chapter, Foot": "趹, 趹也." "Collection rhymes and crumb rhymes": "Zhao, step disease also." "Huainanzi Xiuwu": "Quenching frost dew, trampling, trekking through mountains and rivers." Gao Luminous said: "Zhao, fun also." We've already said, "Funman, Sick." ”
(2) Foot pain. "Dragon Shrine Handbook Foot": "Foot pain." ”
(b) guì. This pronunciation comes from "Collection rhymes". The mule kicked with its back foot. For example, "Liaozhai Zhiyi": "Donkeys are huge, and when they are angry, they are hesitant." "The donkey is a behemoth, and when it gets angry, it kicks and kicks with its hind feet and hisses.
(Donkey Kick)
The small seal of 趹 is written as shown in the following figure:
(Small seal writing)
3. Zhao. There are four pronunciations:
(i) yàn. This is the pronunciation of the Zhonghua Book Company's Zhuyin edition of the Shuowen Jiezi. The explanation given was: "Tae, beast foot qi also." From the foot, the sound of the 幵 (pronounced jiān). Morphological words. The original meaning is to rise up, and the animal's feet land on the ground in front of it. Duan Yujue's "Commentary on the Interpretation of Words": "The one who is a thief is said to be his foot enterprise, enterprise, and heel." Wang Yun's "Reading of Sayings and Sentences": "The animal foot rate lands on the ground before and after, and the enterprise only lands in front of the ground." "Generally beasts land on all fours, and the toe, which means that only the front feet land on the ground.
(Zebra back kick)
(ii) yán. It is pronounced from Guangyun. Same as "research". Beast Hoof Pingzheng, Guangyun Xianyun: "Research, Hoof PingZhengye." Duan Yujie's "Commentary on the Interpretation of the Text, Foot": "趼, 本 or作研, research, talc also." Sheren, Li Zhuan, Sun Yan, Guo Pu, and Yan Shigu all interpreted it as 'Hoof Ping Ru Yan'. "The soles of the feet are as flat as talc.
(c) jiān. It is pronounced from "Collection rhymes". Long walk hurt foot. "Ji Yun Xian Rhyme": "Zhao, long-term wounded feet are called toe." This pronunciation is still preserved in dialects.
(iv) jiǎn. This pronunciation is from "Guangyun". Same as "繭". The skin of the hands and feet is hard. "Six Books, Nine People": "Zhao, Foot, Foot." "Zhuangzi Tiandao": "Hundred houses, heavy to the toe, and do not dare to rest." Lu Deming explained: "Zhao, Zhaoye." Tongzuo. "The gist of it is: I have walked three thousand miles, and layers of toe on my feet have been worn, and I dare not rest. In modern Chinese, we generally write this meaning of "趼" as "cocoon", which is actually not accurate, and a word lover, using this meaning, write "趼" more accurately.
(Heel of the toe)
The small seal of the research is written as shown in the following figure:
(Small seal writing)
([Explanation of words] no. 355, some of the pictures come from the Internet, the copyright belongs to the original author)