TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
模
ㄇㄛˊ · mó/mú
noun — mold, pattern, model; (mú) the mold itself, the look
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tmò → mó — only the tone bends
A wooden (木) mold — the carved form that shapes every copy alike. 莫 mò carries the sound, the tone bent. From the mold: 模型 the model, 模仿 copying the form, 規模 the size a pattern is built to. Read mú, it stays in the kitchen and the mirror: 模子、模樣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
木（木）模子一敲，倒出來的糕——個個一個樣。
A knock on the wooden mold (木), and the cakes drop out — every one the same.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
mó
(本義)模子、法式— a mold, a pattern
→模型、模仿— model; to imitate常用
⇒規模— scale — the size the pattern is built to
mú
(引申)模子、模樣— the mold itself; the look of a face常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension