TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
開
開 ＝ 門 ＋ 开
ㄎㄞ · kāi
verb — to open; to start
字源 FORM — what the parts do
开義two hands (廾) lifting the bar (一)
Two hands (廾) lift the bar (一) out of the double door (門) — to open. Once the gate is open, everything starts through it: 開始、開燈、開車、開花.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天沒亮，雙手抬起門閂（一），兩扇門（門）往外一推——吱呀。
Before dawn, two hands lift the bar (一); the double doors (門) swing out — creak.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)開門、打開— to open常用
→開始— to begin — the doors of a thing opening
→開燈、開車— to switch on; to drive
→開花— to bloom
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension