TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
填
ㄊㄧㄢˊ · tián
verb — to fill in, stuff full; to fill out (a form)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{d,t}Izhēn → tián — the true-sound crossing into t
Earth (土) poured into a hole until it is solid — to fill. 真 zhēn carries the sound, worn across to tián. You fill a pit with dirt, then fill any gap or blank the same way: 填滿、填補、填寫.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
地上一個坑，一鏟一鏟的土（土）倒進去，倒到平。
A pit in the ground; shovel after shovel of earth (土) goes in until it sits level.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)填滿、填補— to fill, fill up常用
→填寫、填表— to fill out, write in常用
⇒填空— to fill in the blank
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension