TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
磚
ㄓㄨㄢ · zhuān
noun — a brick
字源 FORM — what the parts do
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,硬得像石(石)——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