溜 (liū) — to slip, slide; to sneak off; (adj) smooth, quick

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溜 character · B2 (est.)

溜＝氵＋留

ㄌㄧㄡ · liū

verb — to slip, slide; to sneak off; (adj) smooth, quick

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

留聲liú — gives the sounda field 田 held in place — to stay, to hold

Tliú → liū — only the tone moves

Water (氵) sliding off without catching — to slip. 留 liú carries the sound, the field-held graph, only the tone changed. From water sliding, a person sliding quietly away or anything running smooth: 溜走、溜冰、溜的.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

魚一擺尾，從手心滑出去（氵）——溜了。

One flick of the tail and the fish slides out of the cupped hand (氵) — gone, slipped away.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)溜走、滑溜— to slip, slide常用

→溜課、溜號— to sneak off

⇒溜冰、順溜— smooth, quick-running

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