entries → 濾
TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
character · B2 (est.)
濾 =
ㄌㄩˋ · lǜ
verb — to filter, strain

字源 FORM — what the parts do

water
lǜ — gives the sounda tiger's head 虍 over a thinking heart 心 — to consider, weigh out
Water (氵) with 慮 lǜ, the weighing of thought. Pour the liquid through and hold back what shouldn't pass — to filter, to strain (過濾, 濾水). The thinking part suits it: a filter sorts, keeping the clear and stopping the grit. From the act, the things that do it: 濾紙 (filter paper), 濾鏡 (a lens-filter).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

渾水()倒過一層紙,雜質被攔下,滴下來的是清的。
Cloudy water (氵) poured through a sheet — the grit held back, what drips out runs clear.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)過濾、濾水— to filter, strain常用
濾紙、濾鏡— filter paper; a filter (lens)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension