TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
馬
ㄇㄚˇ · mǎ
noun — a horse
字源 FORM — what the parts do
馬形the whole horse — head, flying mane, legs settled into four dots
The whole horse drawn at once: head high, mane streaming, four legs that settled into four dots. As a sound it carries a whole series — 媽、嗎、罵、碼 all ride it.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
馬（馬）一跑開，鬃毛揚成一面旗，四條腿快得只剩四個點。
The horse (馬) breaks into a run — mane lifted like a banner, legs blurred to four dots.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)馬— a horse常用
→馬上— on horseback — at once常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension