TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
傢
傢 ＝ 亻 ＋ 家
ㄐㄧㄚ · jiā
noun — household goods; (傢伙) a fellow, a tool
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person, the household
A person (亻) and 家, the home. 家 carries the sound jiā, and the home itself runs into the meaning: the goods that furnish a household — 傢具 furniture. In 傢伙 it stretches to a tool, or a fellow. 家 is dual-role — sound and the home it furnishes.
意 · Meanings
(本義)傢具— furniture, household goods常用
→傢伙— a fellow; a tool, a gadget常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension