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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
艇 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)
艇 ＝ 舟 ＋ 廷
ㄊㄧㄥˇ · tǐng
noun — a small light boat

字源 FORM — what the parts do

舟義a boat
廷聲tíng — gives the soundthe court 廷, here only for the sound
Ttíng → tǐng — only the tone moved
A boat (舟) on the small, quick side — a skiff, a launch: 遊艇 a yacht, 潛艇 a submarine. 廷 tíng carries the sound, the tone tipped to tǐng.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一條小船（舟）輕輕劃過，水面只起一道細痕。
A small boat (舟) slips across, leaving one thin line on the water.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)小船— a small light boat常用
→遊艇、潛艇— yacht; submarine — kinds of craft常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
庭＝ 广 ＋ 廷tíngthe lookalike — 庭 puts 廷 under a roof 广 (a courtyard), 艇 puts it beside a boat 舟舟zhōuthe boat radical it rides on