顆 (kē) — a small round thing; the measure word for grains, beads, stars, hearts

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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字

顆 character · A2 (est.)

顆＝頁＋果

ㄎㄜ · kē

noun/measure — a small round thing; the measure word for grains, beads, stars, hearts

字源 FORM — what the parts do

頁義a head — and so a small round thing

果聲guǒ — gives the sound

{g,k,h}IFTguǒ → kē — the initial crosses within the g/k/h family, vowel and tone with it

A head (頁) is the model small round thing; 顆 names anything that shape. 果 guǒ carries the sound, the initial crossing to kē. It serves as the measure for small round items: 一顆星, 一顆心, 一顆珠子 — a star, a heart, a bead.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一顆圓圓的東西擺在掌心——像顆小頭（頁），剛好握住。

A small round thing sits in the palm — like a little head (頁), just held.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)小頭、小圓物— a small round thing常用

→一顆— the measure for small round items常用

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