TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
恰
恰 ＝ 忄 ＋ 合
ㄑㄧㄚˋ · qià
adv — exactly, just right, precisely
字源 FORM — what the parts do
忄義the heart — a sense of fit
合聲hé — to join, fit together; gives the sound and the fitting sensedual-role: 合 (to fit) lends both the sound and the meaning of things matching
{g,k,h}/{j,q,x}IFT合 hé → 恰 qià — the throat onset {g,k,h} fronts to the palatal {j,q,x}, and the final opens
The heart (忄) plus 合 (hé, to fit together) — a feeling that something sits exactly right: 恰好, 恰當, 恰巧, just so. 合 gives both the sound and the sense of fit; the sound itself fronted a long way, hé to qià.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
心裡一動（忄），覺得這事正正合（合）上——恰好。
Something in the heart (忄) settles — it fits (合) exactly — 恰好.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)恰好、恰當、恰巧— exactly, just right常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension