TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
晰
ㄒㄧ · xī
adj — clear, distinct
字源 FORM — what the parts do
The sun (日) brings light, and a thing in light reads clear. 析 xī carries the sound and lends its picture too — wood split by an axe, every fibre laid open. Light plus a clean split: 清晰、明晰.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
太陽一出，木頭也劈開了——裡裡外外，一條條都看得分明。
The sun comes up, the log splits open — every grain, inside and out, reads plain.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)明、清楚— clear, bright常用
→清晰— distinct, sharp
→明晰— lucid, well-defined
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension