TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
墟
ㄒㄩ · xū
noun — ruins, an abandoned site; an old mound
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Txū → xū — the sound holds, only the tone settles
Earth (土) with 虛 xū — empty — for the sound, exact, and the emptiness reads through: emptied ground is what's left of a place, ruins. 廢墟、丘墟.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一片空（虛）地，土（土）上沒了人家——只剩斷牆，廢墟。
An emptied (虛) ground, the earth (土) bare of houses — only broken walls, ruins.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)廢墟、丘墟— ruins; an old mound常用
→墟里、墟落— a deserted village site
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension