TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
拆
拆 ＝ 扌 ＋ 斥
ㄔㄞ · chāi
verb — to take apart, dismantle; to tear down; to open (a letter)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
FTchì → chāi — final opened, tone turned
The hand (扌) breaks something down into its parts — to dismantle, to pull apart. 斥 chì carries the sound, the final opened to chāi. 拆開、拆除、拆信.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）一塊塊把牆拆下來，全推開（斥）堆到一旁。
The hand (扌) takes the wall down piece by piece, shoving each one (斥) aside.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拆開、拆散— to take apart, dismantle
→拆除、拆毀— to tear down, demolish常用
⇒拆信、拆穿— to open (a letter); to expose
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension