險 (xiǎn) — steep, dangerous; danger, a narrow pass (危險, 險要)

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險 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

險＝阝＋僉

ㄒㄧㄢˇ · xiǎn

adj/noun — steep, dangerous; danger, a narrow pass (危險, 險要)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

阝義a mound, steep ground (the left 阜)

僉聲qiān — gives the soundthe all-together element; it also carries 檢、劍、簽

IF≠qiān → xiǎn

Steep mounded ground (阝) hard to cross — a barrier. 僉 qiān carries the sound, shifted to xiǎn. From terrain you can't get past: danger, risk, a narrow pass — 危險、冒險、險要.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

山坡（阝）又陡又窄，腳下一滑就是險。

The slope (阝) steep and narrow — one slip underfoot and it turns dangerous.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)險阻、險要— steep, hard to pass; a narrow pass

→危險、冒險— danger; to risk常用

⇒險些、好險— nearly, by a hair常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension