TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
估
估 ＝ 亻 ＋ 古
ㄍㄨ · gū
verb — to estimate, reckon, appraise
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person — the one appraising
Tgǔ → gū — the tone lifts to level
A person (亻) with 古 gǔ for the sound, the tone lifted to gū. To weigh a thing and name its worth — to estimate: 估計、估價, and to size up what you can't yet measure: 估量、低估.
意 · Meanings
(本義)估計、估價— to estimate; to appraise a price常用
→估量— to size up, reckon
⇒低估、高估— to under- or over-estimate
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension