TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
我
ㄨㄛˇ · wǒ
pronoun — I, me
字源 FORM — what the parts do
我形a serrated battle-axe — the weapon the word borrowed
The graph draws a serrated battle-axe. The word for "I" borrowed it whole and never paid it back — the weapon is fossil, the pronoun is everything.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
舉起斧頭的那隻手，喊：我。
The hand that lifts the axe says: me.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)兵器——齒斧— the serrated axe
→我、我們— I, me — the loan that took over常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension