TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
五
ㄨˇ · wǔ
num — five
字源 FORM — what the parts do
五形two strokes crossed between an upper and a lower linethe tally it replaced was five stacked strokes
Tallies stack cleanly to four; at five the eye loses count. So the strokes crossed: an X locked between top and bottom lines — five.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
刻到第五道，他不再加橫，兩筆打了個叉（五）。
At the fifth mark he stops stacking — two strokes cut a cross (五).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)五— five常用
→五官— the five features — the face
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension