TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
句
句 ＝ 勹 ＋ 口
ㄐㄩˋ · jù
noun — a sentence
字源 FORM — what the parts do
勹形a hook curling around
A hook (勹) curled around a mouth (口) — the old word for hook, gōu, now written 勾 and 鉤. Speech gets hooked off into lengths: 一句話、句子、句點.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
他出聲唸書，一口（口）氣唸完，就在字旁畫一個小鉤（勹）。
He reads aloud; where the breath ends, a small hook (勹) goes in beside the words.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鉤— a hook — the sense now spelled 勾、鉤
→句子、一句話— the sentence — speech hooked into lengths常用
⇒句點— the period — the hook that ends it
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension