TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
井
ㄐㄧㄥˇ · jǐng
noun — a well; a pit
字源 FORM — what the parts do
井形the wooden frame around a well's mouth — four logs crossed at the corners
Four logs laid across each other frame the mouth of a well. From the water well, every pit dug into the ground: 礦井 the mine shaft, 井田 the squared field. The crossed frame also gives 阱, the covered trap.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
四根木頭一交叉，圍出井口——往下，是水。
Four logs cross at the corners, framing the mouth — and below, the water.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)水井— a water well常用
→礦井— a mine shaft, a pit
⇒井田— the squared well-field; an orderly grid
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
阱jǐngthe lookalike — 阱 adds the mound 阜 on the left for a covered trap; keeps the bare frame廿niàna frame-like lookalike — 廿 closes flat across the bottom, leaves the well open