TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
禿
禿 ＝ 禾 ＋ 儿
ㄊㄨ · tū
adj — bald, bare, hairless
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾形grain — here a head drawn bare on top
儿形a pair of legs — a person below
A person (儿, legs) topped by 禾 — but here 禾 stands for the head shown bare, no hair on the crown. 說文 reads it straight: 无髮, a person with nothing growing up top. From the bald head, anything stripped bare: 禿頭、禿山、禿筆 a worn-down brush, 禿鷹 the bare-necked vulture.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人（儿）頂著一顆光頭（禾），一根毛也不剩——禿。
A person (儿) under a bare crown (禾), not a hair left — bald.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)禿頭、光禿— bald, hairless常用
→禿山、禿筆、禿鷹— bare (hill, worn brush, vulture)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
秀＝ ＋ 乃xiùthe lookalike — 秀 bends 乃 below the for "fine, in flower"; 禿 sets bare legs 禾héthe top piece — 禾 alone is standing grain; 禿 puts a person's legs under a bare-grain head