TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
寡
ㄍㄨㄚˇ · guǎ
adj — few, scant; noun — a widow; (of a ruler) "I, the solitary one"
字源 FORM — what the parts do
宀義a roof — a household
Under one roof (宀) sits a single head (頁), and what there is gets divided out (分) — fewer and fewer to a share. The graph reads few: 寡少, 孤寡. The lone head under the roof gives the widow (寡婦) and the ruler's humble "I, the solitary one" (寡人).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋頂（宀）下只剩一個人（頁），手裡的東西還得分（分）出去——剩得真少。
Under the roof (宀) sits a single head (頁), and what's in hand still gets parceled out (分) — so little left.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)寡少、孤寡— few, scant常用
→寡婦— a widow — the lone head under the roof常用
→寡人— "I, the solitary one" — a ruler's humble self-name
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension