entries → 烏鴉
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
烏鴉 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
烏鴉 =
ㄨ ㄧㄚ · wūyā
noun — a crow, a raven

字源 FORM — what the parts do

black, crow-black (烏黑)the bird 鳥 with its eye-stroke dropped — a crow is so black the eye vanishes
crow (this word)牙 yá gives the sound; 鳥 marks the bird
烏鴉,烏黑的烏,鴉片的鴉。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

鳥(鳥)太黑,連眼睛那一筆都不見了——
The bird (鳥) is so black even its eye-stroke is gone — 烏.
字源記憶法
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wūhēijet-black — the colour names