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發掘 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
發掘 ＝ 發 ＋ 掘
ㄈㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ · fājué
verb — to excavate; to unearth; to discover (talent, potential)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

發to send out, to bring forth (出發)fā
掘to dig (挖掘)juéthe hand 扌, with 屈 qū for the sound
發掘，出發的發，挖掘的掘。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一鏟一鏟往下掘（掘），把埋著的東西翻出來。
Spadeful by spadeful the hand (扌) digs (掘), turning buried things up to the light.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
挖掘wājuéplain digging — the same 掘