檔 (dàng) — file, archive; rank, grade; (verb) to file

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字

檔 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)

檔＝木＋當

ㄉㄤˋ · dàng

noun — file, archive; rank, grade; (verb) to file

字源 FORM — what the parts do

木義wood — a shelf, a crossbar

當聲dāng — gives the soundto face, to match against

Tdāng → dàng — tone shifts

A wooden (木) crossbar or pigeonhole — the slotted shelf where records were stacked. 當 dāng, to stand facing, carries the sound, worn to dàng. From the storage rack: files and archives (檔案), and the slot a thing ranks in (檔次).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一排木格子（木），一格一格塞滿卷宗——要哪份，抽哪格。

A rack of wooden slots (木), each crammed with records — pull the slot, pull the file.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)木架、橫檔— a wooden rack, a crossbar

→檔案、存檔— file, archive常用

⇒檔次、高檔— rank, grade常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension