TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
雪
ㄒㄩㄝˇ · xuě
noun — snow (雪花); verb — to wipe clean, avenge (雪恥)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IF≠huì → xuě
Rain (雨) frozen into flakes — snow. Underneath, 彗 a broom, carrying the sound (huì worn to xuě) and the picture of sweeping flakes down. From wiping a surface clean comes the second sense: to wipe out a shame — 雪花、下雪、雪恥.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
雨（雨）凍白了，像掃帚（彗）一掃，漫天飄下來。
The rain (雨) freezes white and comes down as if swept (彗) from the whole sky.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)雪、雪花— snow常用
→下雪、雪人— to snow; snowman常用
⇒雪恥、洗雪— to wipe out (a shame), avenge
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension