TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
叫
叫 = 口 + 丩
ㄐㄧㄠˋ · jiào
verb — to call, cry out; to be called
字源 FORM — what the parts do
丩聲jiū — gives the soundtwo cords twisting together
FTjiū → jiào
A mouth (口) calling out; 丩 jiū gives the sound, worn to jiào. From the shout to the name — what you are called is what gets called out: 我叫⋯、叫做.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
巷口有人喊(口)他的名字,連喊三聲。
Someone at the mouth of the lane calls (口) his name — three times running.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)叫、大叫— to cry out常用
→叫做— to be called — names
⇒叫車、叫菜— to call for — ordering
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension