TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
牆
牆 ＝ 嗇 ＋ 爿
ㄑㄧㄤˊ · qiáng
noun — a wall
字源 FORM — what the parts do
嗇義grain stored under a roof, hoarded tightwhat you wall in and keep safe
爿聲qiáng — gives the sounda split board stood on end, the head of the 床戕莊 series
≠pán → qiáng — the donor reads pán alone but lends qiáng across its 床戕莊 series
Grain hoarded under a roof (嗇) — what a wall is built to keep in and keep safe. 爿 carries the sound, the split-board glyph that heads the 床戕莊 series. From the thing that pens a space off: 城牆、圍牆、牆壁.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道牆把院子圍起來，糧（嗇）囤在裡頭，圈得嚴嚴實實——牆。
A wall closes the yard, the stored grain (嗇) penned safe inside, sealed tight — a wall.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)牆壁、圍牆— wall常用
→城牆— city wall
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
嗇sèthe meaning side — grain hoarded under a roof, the thing the wall keeps in牀chuángthe kin in — 牀 lays the split board flat as a bed; 牆 stands the same sound up as a wall