TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
型
ㄒㄧㄥˊ · xíng
noun — a mold; a type, model
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Earth (土) packed to a fixed shape — the casting mold. 刑 xíng sits on top and carries the sound, exact. From the mold that stamps every piece the same come 類型、型號 and 血型.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
泥土（土）填進模子裡壓實，脫出來——一個一個都是同一個樣子。
Earth (土) is pressed into the mold and turned out — each piece the very same shape.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鑄模、模子— a casting mold
→類型、型號— type, model常用
⇒血型、大型— blood type; large-scale
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension