歇 (xiē) — to rest, stop; to lodge for the night

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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字

歇 character · B2 (est.)

歇＝欠＋曷

ㄒㄧㄝ · xiē

verb — to rest, stop; to lodge for the night

字源 FORM — what the parts do

欠義a person with mouth open — a breath let out

曷聲hé — gives the sounda mouth (曰) asking, over a kneeling figure

IFhé → xiē — the reading shifted off the donor

A mouth open (欠) to let the breath go slack — to rest, to stop. 曷 hé carries the sound, shifted to xiē. From resting, to lodge: 歇宿, 安歇. 曷 also frames 渴 kě, 揭 jiē, 竭 jié.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

走累了，嘴一張（欠）長出一口氣——坐下來歇。

Worn out, the mouth opens (欠) on a long breath out — sit down and rest.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)歇息、休歇— to rest, take a break常用

→歇業、停歇— to close up, cease

⇒歇宿、安歇— to lodge for the night

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