TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
舌
ㄕㄜˊ · shé
noun — the tongue
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A tongue drawn pushing up out of the mouth (口) below — the part of the mouth that does the talking and the tasting. The top stroke is the tongue itself, the 口 the open mouth around it.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
嘴（口）一張，舌頭往上一伸——又說又嘗，全靠它。
The mouth (口) opens, the tongue pushes up out of it — talking and tasting, all from this one piece.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)舌頭— the tongue常用
→口舌、舌戰— talk, quarrel — the tongue's work
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension