TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
母
母 ＝ 女 ＋ 丶丶
ㄇㄨˇ · mǔ
noun — mother; source, origin
字源 FORM — what the parts do
丶丶形two dots inside — the breasts, milk for the child
A woman (女) drawn kneeling, and two dots added at the chest — the breasts, full for nursing. 說文 reads it as the figure of a mother with child at the breast. From the one who feeds: mother, and then any source things come from — 母校、母語、字母.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個女人（女）抱著孩子，胸前兩點（丶丶）——餵奶。
A woman (女) holding the child, two dots at the breast (丶丶) — she is nursing.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)母親、媽媽— mother常用
→母語、母校— mother (tongue; school) — where one comes from常用
⇒字母、母音— letter; vowel — the source elements
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
女nǚthe same kneeling woman without the two milk-dots毋wúthe lookalike — 毋 crosses the dots into one stroke, and means "do not"