entries → 輿
TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
輿 character · C1 (est.)
輿 =
ㄩˊ · yú
noun — carriage, palanquin; the public, public opinion

字源 FORM — what the parts do

yú — gives the soundfour hands lifting together
a cart, held inside the four hands
Four hands lifting (舁) wrap around a cart (車) — the carried body of a carriage, the part the bearers raise. From the thing many hands carry came the many themselves: 輿論 is what the carried crowd is saying. 舁 lends the exact sound.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

四隻手()一齊抬起轎子(),坐在裡頭的人離了地。
Four hands (舁) lift the carriage (車) at once; the rider inside leaves the ground.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)輿車、肩輿— carriage, palanquin
輿論、輿情— public opinion常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
the bare phonetic — 輿 holds a cart inside the four hands + 与the lookalike — 與 has hands giving 与, 輿 carries a cart