TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
圳
ㄓㄣˋ · zhèn
noun — a field ditch, drainage channel (深圳)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Earth (土) cut by a running channel (川) — a ditch dug between fields to carry water off. It survives mostly in place names, the largest being 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), the deep field-ditch.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
田壟之間，土（土）裡挖出一條溝，水（川）順著流走。
Between the field-rows, a ditch cut in the earth (土), water (川) running off along it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)圳、田溝— a field ditch, drainage channel
→深圳— Shenzhen — the deep ditch, a place name常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension