entries → 疙
TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
疙 character · B1 (est.)
疙 ＝ 疒 ＋ 乞
ㄍㄜ · gē
noun — a lump, pimple, knot (in 疙瘩)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

疒義the sickness frame — a body against a couch
乞聲qǐ — gives the soundto beg
ITqǐ → gē — initial and tone shifted off the donor
The sickness frame (疒) over 乞, which lends the sound — qǐ hardened to gē. A small raised lump on the skin, the kind you feel under a fingertip. It almost never travels alone: paired with 瘩 it makes 疙瘩, the everyday word for a bump or a knot.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

病框（疒）裡一個小鼓包，指尖摸著——疙瘩。
Under the sickness frame (疒) a small raised bump, felt under a fingertip — a knot.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)疙瘩— a lump, pimple, knot常用
→心裡的疙瘩— a knot — a snag in the heart
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
瘩＝ 疒 ＋ 荅daits partner — together 疙瘩; 疙 takes 乞, 瘩 takes 荅疤bāthe lookalike under 疒 — 疤 is a scar (a closed mark), 疙 is a raised lump