TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
掀
掀 ＝ 扌 ＋ 欣
ㄒㄧㄢ · xiān
verb — to lift, raise (a cover); to turn up; to set off (a stir)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
Fxīn → xiān — only the final opens out
The hand (扌) takes an edge and throws it up — to lift, to flip open. 欣 xīn carries the sound, the final opened to xiān. From the lift: 掀開、掀起、掀動.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）抓住被角，猛地往上一掀——整條被子翻了開來。
The hand (扌) grabs the corner of the quilt and throws it up — the whole cover flung open.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)揭起、掀開— to lift, flip open
→掀起、掀動— to raise, stir up常用
⇒掀風作浪— to whip up a commotion
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension