TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
超
ㄔㄠ · chāo
verb — to leap over, exceed; super-
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{zh,ch,sh}ITzhào → chāo — the {zh,ch,sh} crossing; tone shifts too
Running (走) gives the legs; 召 zhào carries the sound, zh slid to ch and the tone shifted. The first word is to leap clean over — and from the jump, everything that goes past a limit: 超過、超越、超級.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
助跑（走）幾步，腳一蹬——整道溝從身子底下過去了。
A few running steps (走), one kick off the ground — the whole ditch passes underneath.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)躍過— to leap over
→超過、超出— to exceed, go beyond常用
⇒超級、超市— super- (超級); the supermarket clipped from it
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension