TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
鴉
ㄧㄚ · yā
noun — crow
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tyá → yā — same sound, tone drops to level
A bird (鳥) named by 牙 yá on its left — the crow. The sound drops a tone from yá to yā. Its harsh call gives the bird its name; from there, 烏鴉, the all-black crow.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻黑 鳥（鳥），叫聲粗得像磨 牙（牙）——烏鴉。
A black bird (鳥), its cry as harsh as grinding teeth (牙) — the crow.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)烏鴉— crow常用
→鴉雀無聲— utterly silent — not even a crow's caw
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension