TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
鯨
ㄐㄧㄥ · jīng
noun — whale
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A fish (魚) with 京 jīng beside it — the great creature of the sea, the whale. 說文: 海中大魚也. The sound matches 京 exactly. From its size, the word for swallowing whole: 鯨吞.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一條 魚（魚）大得像座 京（京）城——那是鯨。
A fish (魚) grown vast as a capital city (京) — that is the whale.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鯨魚— whale常用
→鯨吞— to swallow whole, annex
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension