TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
冤
冤 ＝ 冖 ＋ 兔
ㄩㄢ · yuān
noun — injustice, a wrong; verb — to wrong, to frame
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冖義a cover, a lid clamped down
A rabbit (兔) caught under a cover (冖) — it cannot run, it can only bend and twist. From the trapped, bent animal: a wrong that cannot get out, 冤枉、冤屈、冤家.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兔子（兔）被蓋子（冖）扣住，跑不了，憋屈著——這就是冤。
A rabbit (兔) clamped under a lid (冖), no way out, twisting in place — the shape of being wronged.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)屈、彎屈— bent, hemmed in
→冤枉、冤屈— injustice, a wrong常用
⇒冤家、仇人— a foe, bad blood
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension