TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
廢
廢 ＝ 广 ＋ 發
ㄈㄟˋ · fèi
verb — to abolish, discard, lay waste; useless
字源 FORM — what the parts do
广義a building, a house
IFTfā → fèi — worn far from the donor
A house (广) with 發 fā for the sound, worn far to fèi. The original is a building toppled, fallen in — a ruin. What is ruined is cast aside and abolished, and the person fallen down is good for nothing: 廢墟、廢除、廢物.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一座空屋（广）塌了半邊，樑柱橫七豎八，再沒人住。
Half the empty house (广) has caved in, its beams thrown crosswise; no one lives there now.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)廢墟、頹廢— a ruined, toppled building
→廢除、廢止— to abolish, repeal常用
→廢物、廢棄— useless thing, to discard
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
發fāthe sound donor — 發 looses an arrow from a bow 弓; 廢 roofs it with 癈fèithe cognate — 癈 takes the sickness 疒 (an infirmity); 廢 takes the building