TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
啼
ㄊㄧˊ · tí
verb — to cry, wail (of a person); to crow, caw (of a bird or beast)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITdì → tí — the d softens to t; tone rises
A cry forced out of the mouth (口) — to wail, to crow. 帝 dì carries the sound, worn from d to t. The same word covers a child's weeping and a cock at dawn: 啼哭、雞啼.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天還沒亮，一聲長啼從嘴（口）裡破出——雞醒了。
Before light, a long cry breaks from the mouth (口) — the cock is awake.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)啼、出聲哭— to cry, wail aloud
→啼哭、悲啼— to weep, sob常用
⇒雞啼、猿啼— to crow, caw, cry (of beasts)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension