TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
門
ㄇㄣˊ · mén
noun — door, gate
字源 FORM — what the parts do
門形two door leaves on their hinges
Two door leaves drawn face to face, hinge-posts and all — the gate. The opening every house turns on: 門口、大門; the way into anything: 入門、門路; fields of study counted door by door: 一門課.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天黑了，兩扇門板合上，木閂橫過去——咚。
Dark now; the two leaves swing shut, the wooden bar drops across — thud.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)大門、門口— the gate, the door常用
→入門、門路— the way in — to a craft, a subject
→部門、一門課— a branch; measure word for fields of study
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension