TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
肥
肥 = 月 + 卪
ㄈㄟˊ · féi
adj — fat; fertile (of soil)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卪義a body bent at the knee, packed full — worn to a 巴-like curve in the modern glyph
Flesh (月) beside a body folded thick on itself (卪, now wearing a 巴-like shape) — much meat, 多肉. From the heavy body: fat, and soil so rich it feeds: 肥沃、肥料.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一身的肉(月)擠在一個蜷起來的身子(卪)上——肥。
All that flesh (月) packed onto one folded-up body (卪) — fat.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)肥胖— fat, plump常用
→肥沃— fertile — soil with much in it
⇒肥料— fertilizer
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension