TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
大
ㄉㄚˋ · dà
adj — big, great
字源 FORM — what the parts do
大形a person standing, arms and legs spread wide
A person standing square, arms and legs spread as wide as they go — this big. From the spread arms: 大小、大人、偉大.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
孩子兩臂張到最開——魚有這麼大。
The child's arms fly out to full stretch — the fish was this big.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)大——形體大— big in size常用
→大人——長大的人— grown — an adult
→偉大、大事— great — large in weight
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension