TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
土
ㄊㄨˇ · tǔ
noun — earth, soil; land; adj — local, rustic
字源 FORM — what the parts do
土形a mound of earth raised on the ground line
A mound of earth heaped on the ground line — in the oldest forms, the raised mound of the soil altar, where the village prayed for harvests; the altar itself grew into 社. Everything of the ground takes the radical: 地、場、城、堆.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
田頭新堆起一堆土，剛翻出來的，還是濕的。
At the field's edge a fresh mound of earth, just turned, still damp.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)泥土— earth, soil常用
→土地、領土— land, territory
→土產、土話— local — of this soil
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension