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橋
橋 ＝ 木 ＋ 喬
ㄑㄧㄠˊ · qiáo
noun — bridge
字源 FORM — what the parts do
喬聲qiáo — gives the sound, exactsomething tall, bent high at the top (夭)
Wood (木) with 喬 qiáo, the sound — and 喬 means tall, arched high. The wood thrown high across the water — the bridge. 喬 also frames 驕 jiāo, proud, and 矯 jiǎo, to straighten.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道木（木）拱得高高（喬），跨過河——橋。
A span of wood (木) arched high (喬) across the river — the bridge.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)橋、橋梁— a bridge常用
→天橋、橋接— an overpass; to bridge, to link
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
喬qiáothe sound donor — 喬 means tall; 橋 arches that height over water in 樑＝ ＋ 梁liángthe partner in 橋梁 — the beam the bridge rests on