entries → 磚
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL 6 (est.)
磚 =
ㄓㄨㄢ · zhuān
noun — a brick

字源 FORM — what the parts do

stone — fired earth, hard as stone
zhuān — to concentrate; gives the sound
Stone (石) plus 專 (zhuān) for the sound — a block of clay fired hard as stone: 磚頭, 磚瓦, the brick of a wall. 專 lends its sound exactly.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一塊黏土燒過,硬得像)——一塊磚。
A block of clay comes out of the kiln hard as stone (石) — one brick, 磚.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)磚頭、磚瓦— a brick常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension