TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
仙
ㄒㄧㄢ · xiān
noun — immortal; a transcendent being
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A person (人) gone up into the mountains (山) — the one who left the world to live high and does not die. From that hermit on the peak: 神仙、仙人, and the air of the otherworldly — 仙境.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人（人）走進深山（山），住下不再回來——成了仙。
A person (人) walks up into the mountains (山) and stays — and becomes an immortal.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)仙人、神仙— immortal; transcendent being常用
→仙境、仙界— the otherworldly; fairyland
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
僊xiānthe older form — 僊 writes the climbing-up on the right; 仙 keeps only the bare