entries → 繪
TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
character · C1 (est.)
繪 =
ㄏㄨㄟˋ · huì
verb — to paint, draw; to depict

字源 FORM — what the parts do

silk thread — the embroidery radical
huì — gives the soundalso "gather, assemble"
Silk thread (糸) and 會 huì, which gathers things together. The old word is embroidery worked in five colors — many threads assembled into a picture. From thread-on-cloth, every kind of picture-making: 繪畫、描繪、繪圖.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

五色絲線()一根根)在布上,圖就出來了。
Five colors of silk thread (糸) gathered (會) onto the cloth, and the picture comes up.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)五采繡— embroidery in five colors
繪畫、描繪— to paint; to depict常用
繪圖、繪製— to draw up, draft (a plan, a map)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension