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螞
螞 ＝ 虫 ＋ 馬
ㄇㄚˇ · mǎ
noun — (in 螞蟻) ant; (in 螞蚱) grasshopper
字源 FORM — what the parts do
虫義an insect
An insect (虫) with 馬 mǎ for the sound, the sound borrowed whole and unchanged. It names the small crawlers it pairs with: 螞蟻、螞蚱.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻蟲（虫）配上馬（mǎ）的音——可寫的是地上最小的爬蟲，螞蟻。
An insect (虫) takes the horse's sound (馬) — yet writes the tiniest crawler on the ground, the ant.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)螞蟻— ant常用
→螞蚱— grasshopper, locust
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension