TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
市
ㄕˋ · shì
noun — market; city
字源 FORM — what the parts do
市形rendered bare — no claimed originthe modern 亠-over-巾 look is graphic wear
The place of buying and selling — the market (市場、夜市), and the town that grows around one — the city (市區、台北市). The old graph's parts have left no readable picture; the 亠 and 巾 of the modern shape are centuries of wear.
意 · Meanings
(本義)市場、市集— the market常用
→城市、市區— the city常用
→上市— to come onto the market
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
巿fúthe lookalike — 巿 fú runs one stroke straight through (沛、肺), breaks at the top場chǎng場's other half — the ground