TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
甲
ㄐㄧㄚˇ · jiǎ
noun — shell, armor; first (of the ten stems)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
甲形a hard shell, one seam splitting it
A hard casing with a seam running through and out the bottom — the cracking shell of a seed, or a plate of armor. From the shell: 龜甲、盔甲、指甲. Borrowed as the first of the ten heavenly stems, it heads any ordered list — 甲等, top rank.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
硬殼上一道裂縫往下開——殼要綻了。
A seam splits down the hard shell — the casing about to crack open.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)盔甲、龜甲、指甲— shell, armor, nail常用
→甲等、甲乙丙— first; first of the ten stems常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension