TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
革
ㄍㄜˊ · gé
noun — leather; verb — to change, remove
字源 FORM — what the parts do
革形an animal hide spread open and stretched flatthe head at the top, the opened skin below
An animal hide spread flat and scraped clean of hair — rawhide, leather (皮革). What had hair and shape is remade into something else; from that remaking: 改革、革命, change that strips the old away.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
皮子釘在木框上繃緊，刮刀一道一道過去——毛掉了，獸皮成了革。
The hide is pegged tight in its frame; the scraper passes stroke by stroke — the hair comes off, beast turned leather.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)皮革— dehaired hide — leather
→變革、改革— to change — the old stripped off常用
⇒革命— revolution — the mandate changed
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension