TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
奴
ㄋㄨˊ · nú
noun — slave, bondservant
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A hand (又) laid on a woman (女) — the captive set to labor. The graph names the bonded servant, and from there everything held in service: 奴隸、奴僕.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（又）扣住女子（女）的肩——從此聽人使喚。
A hand (又) clamps the woman's (女) shoulder — and her labor is no longer her own.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)奴隸— slave, bondservant常用
→奴僕— servant, menial
⇒守財奴— a miser — slave to his hoard
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension