TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
墊
ㄉㄧㄢˋ · diàn
verb/noun — to pad, prop under; a mat, cushion
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFTzhí → diàn — the reading has drifted from the donor
Something packed under (土) to raise or steady; 執 zhí carries the sound, drifted to diàn. What you slip beneath to fill the gap: 墊子、墊腳、墊付.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
椅腳一晃，底下塞塊土石（土）——墊穩了。
The chair leg wobbles; a wedge of earth (土) goes under — propped steady.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)墊高、墊起— to prop, pad under常用
→墊子、坐墊— a mat, cushion常用
⇒墊付、墊錢— to advance (money)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension