TSUMUGU · B1/B2 (est.) · 字
幕
ㄇㄨˋ · mù
noun — a curtain, a screen, a tent; an act (of a play)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
FTmò → mù — the vowel and tone shift off the donor
A cloth (巾) hung to screen or cover — a curtain, a tent. 莫 carries the sound, shifted from mò to mù. From the hanging cloth: 帷幕; 開幕 and 落幕, to raise and drop the curtain; and so each 幕 of a play.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊大布（巾）從上垂下來，把後台遮住——幕落了。
A great cloth (巾) drops from above, screening the stage behind — the curtain falls.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)帷幕、布幕— a curtain, a screen常用
→開幕、落幕— to open / close (raise / drop the curtain)常用
→一幕— an act of a play
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension