TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
廉
廉 ＝ 广 ＋ 兼
ㄌㄧㄢˊ · lián
adj — honest, upright; cheap, low-priced
字源 FORM — what the parts do
广義a roofed building, a hall
{l,j}Ijiān → lián — the j- shifts to l-
A hall (广) with 兼 jiān for the sound, the j- shifting to l-. The original is the straight edge of a hall floor — a clean, sharp line. A person squared to that line is honest and unbribed; a price kept low is much the same restraint: 廉潔、廉價. The same 兼 builds 簾、謙.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
堂屋（广）地面有一道筆直的邊，腳尖踩著不偏不倚。
Across the hall floor (广) runs one straight edge; you set your foot to it and lean neither way.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)堂廉、邊棱— the straight edge of a hall floor
→廉潔、清廉— honest, incorruptible常用
→廉價、低廉— cheap, low-priced
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
簾liánthe series — 簾 hangs bamboo 竹 (a blind), 廉 sets under a roof 廣＝ ＋ 黃guǎngthe lookalike — 廣 fills with 黃; 廉 fills it with