TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
鬼
ㄍㄨㄟˇ · guǐ
noun — ghost, spirit of the dead
字源 FORM — what the parts do
儿形a person's legs, kneeling beneath the head
厶義the harmful, hidden qi clinging to it
A kneeling figure (儿) under a huge, mask-like head (田) — the face of the dead come back. 厶 hangs at the side for the harmful, hidden air it carries. 鬼 then heads a whole family of spirit graphs: 魂、魄、魅、魔.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一張大臉浮在跪著的身子上，看不清五官——回來的不是活人。
A huge face floats above a kneeling body, its features wrong — what came back is not the living.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鬼魂— the spirit of the dead; ghost常用
→鬼怪— a monster, uncanny thing
⇒搞鬼、鬼點子— sly tricks — ghostly mischief
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension