TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
池
池 ＝ 氵 ＋ 也
ㄔˊ · chí
noun — pool, pond
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
IFTyě → chí — the donor reading drifted far off
Water (氵) held in one place — a pool. 也 yě carries the sound, worn far from the modern reading. The same 也 builds a series: 地、施、他.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一圈岸，圍住一窪水（氵）——魚在裡頭打轉，出不去。
A rim of bank around a hollow of water (氵) — the fish circle inside, nowhere to run.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)池塘、水池— pool; pond常用
→游泳池— swimming pool常用
⇒城池— a walled city — the moat stands for the whole
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension