TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
撕
撕 ＝ 扌 ＋ 斯
ㄙ · sī
verb — to tear, rip apart
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
斯聲sī — 其 with an axe (斤), to split off; gives the sound — and the splitting toodual-role: 斯 already means to cleave apart
The hand (扌) pulls a thing in two — to tear. 斯 sī carries the sound exactly and the sense beside it: 斯 is 其 met by an axe (斤), a splitting-off. So 撕裂 rends, 撕破 rips open, 撕毀 tears up.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩手（扌）各抓一邊，往兩頭一扯，紙應聲裂開。
Each hand (扌) grips a side and yanks outward; the paper splits with a rip.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)撕、撕裂— to tear, rip apart常用
→撕破、撕毀— to rip open; to tear up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
斯sīthe phonetic and the splitting itself — 撕 sets the hand to it嘶sīsame sound, but on 口 (a mouth) — to neigh, rasp