TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
能
ㄋㄥˊ · néng
aux — can, able; noun — ability, energy
字源 FORM — what the parts do
能形a bear, drawn whole厶 the head, 月 the heavy body, 匕匕 the clawed paws
A bear, drawn whole: head (厶), heavy body (月), two clawed paws (匕匕). An animal so strong its name came to mean strength itself — what one can do: 能力、能夠、可能; the strength inside things: 能源、太陽能. The bear got a new character of its own, 熊.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
熊一掌下去，整段枯木翻過來，底下的蟲一隻不剩。
One swipe of the bear's paw and the dead log flips; not a grub left beneath.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)熊（後作熊）— the bear (now 熊)
→能力、能夠— ability; can — the bear's strength常用
⇒能源、太陽能— energy
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension