TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
川
ㄔㄨㄢ · chuān
noun — a river, a stream
字源 FORM — what the parts do
川形three lines of running water between its banks
Three strokes of water flowing between two banks — a river drawn from above. The outer lines are the shores, the middle the current. As a sound it works inside 訓 and 順.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩道岸夾著中間一股水，往下淌——這就是「川」。
Two banks hold a single current between them, running downhill — a river.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)河川、山川— a river; rivers and mountains常用
→川流不息— flowing on without stop — like a stream
→四川— Sichuan — the land of rivers
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension