TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
殼
殼 ＝ 殳 ＋ 㱿
ㄎㄜˊ · ké/qiào
noun — shell, husk, hard casing
字源 FORM — what the parts do
殳義a hand gripping a tool — to strike, to crack
㱿形the hollow body struck — a casingthe whole left side: a vessel under a lid
On the right a hand with a tool (殳) striking; on the left the hollow body (㱿) it strikes — crack the casing to get at what is inside. The hard outer skin: 蛋殼, 外殼, 甲殼. Read qiào in 地殼, ké elsewhere.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一手拿棒（殳）一敲，蛋的外皮（㱿）裂開——殼。
A hand with a stick (殳) raps once, and the egg's casing (㱿) splits — the shell.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
ké
(本義)蛋殼、外殼— shell, husk, hard casing常用
→甲殼、空殼— a carapace; an empty shell
qiào
(本義)地殼— the (earth's) crust常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
売/ 壳 kéthe simplified twin — 壳 drops the struck body; 殼 keeps and