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哥
哥 ＝ 可
ㄍㄜ · gē
noun — elder brother
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{g,k,h}ITkě → gē — a step inside {g,k,h}
可 stacked on 可 — verse upon verse: the first graph for singing. Tang-era speech borrowed it whole for elder brother, and singing built a new body — 歌, the same 哥 with the open mouth 欠 beside it.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
哥哥在前面走，一首接一首（可可）地唱。
Big brother walks ahead, singing — one verse stacked on the next (可可).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)歌(古)— to sing — the first song graph
→哥哥、大哥— elder brother常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension