TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
丟
ㄉㄧㄡ · diū
verb — to lose; to throw away; to toss
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{k,q,g}IFTqù → diū — worn far off
One thing (一) goes away (去) — and it's gone. The top mark sits on 去, the going-away graph; from a thing slipping off, both senses follow: 丟掉 throw out, 丟了 lost.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手一鬆，那一樣東西（一）就去了（去），追不回。
A hand opens, the one thing (一) goes (去) — and there's no calling it back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)遺失— to lose; to mislay常用
→丟掉、丟棄— to throw away常用
⇒丟臉— to lose face — the dignity dropped
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension