TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
避
避 ＝ 辶 ＋ 辟
ㄅㄧˋ · bì
verb — to avoid, evade, shun, keep clear of
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walk — a road and a foot
辟聲bì — gives the sounda kneeling person beside a law-knife 辛 — to govern, to punish
The walk (辶) and 辟 bì, a body bent under the law's knife. To walk wide of trouble, to turn the path away — to avoid. 辟 carries the exact sound, the same in 壁、臂、避. 避免、迴避、逃避.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
看見前頭有事，他繞道（辶）走開，遠遠避過去。
Seeing trouble ahead, he takes another road (辶) and gives it a wide berth.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)避開、迴避— to avoid, turn away常用
→避免、避難— to avert; to take refuge
⇒逃避— to evade, shun
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
辟bìthe bare phonetic — 避 adds the walk to the law-knife graph壁＝ 土 ＋ bìthe sound-sibling — 壁 builds with earth 土, 避 turns away on the walk