TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
飾
飾 ＝ 飠 ＋ 巾
ㄕˋ · shì
verb/noun — to adorn, decorate; an ornament
字源 FORM — what the parts do
飠聲shí — the eat element, here for the soundthe left side is 食 worn into the radical form 飠; it lends the sound, not the meaning
A cloth (巾) for wiping and dressing up, with 飠 (食) shí on the left for the sound, worn to shì. From cleaning and trimming a surface, adorning it: 裝飾、飾品、掩飾.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
拿塊巾（巾）把人擦淨、整妝——飾。
A cloth (巾) wipes a thing clean and dresses it up — adorned.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)裝飾、飾品— to adorn; an ornament常用
→掩飾、文飾— to gloss over, cover up常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension