TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
橘
橘 ＝ 木 ＋ 矞
ㄐㄩˊ · jú
noun — tangerine, mandarin orange
字源 FORM — what the parts do
矞聲yù — gives the soundan awl boring through
I≠yù → jú — the reading drifted off the donor
A tree (木) bearing 矞 — the tangerine, 橘子. 矞 yù is the phonetic, drifted hard to jú and rarely met outside this character; the same 矞 hides in 鷸 (a sandpiper, yù). From the fruit comes its colour — 橘色.
意 · Meanings
(本義)橘子、橘樹— tangerine, mandarin常用
→橘色— orange (the colour)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
橙chéngthe orchard neighbour — 橙 puts 登 beside (sweet orange); 橘 puts there (tangerine)