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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
丐 character · C1 (est.)
丐 ＝ 亡 ＋ 人
ㄍㄞˋ · gài
verb — to beg; to ask for; noun — a beggar

字源 FORM — what the parts do

亡義to have lost, to be without
人義a person
A person (人) who has lost everything (亡), hand out — one who begs. From the asking come 乞丐 and 行丐; the old graph also ran the other way, to grant what is asked.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一個失了一切（亡）的人（人），蹲在路邊伸出手——討一口。
A person (人) stripped of everything (亡) crouches at the roadside, hand out — begging a mouthful.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)乞討、求— to beg; to ask for常用
→乞丐、丐幫— a beggar; beggars' band
⇒給與所求— to grant what is asked (archaic)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
丏miǎnthe lookalike — 丏 hooks its top stroke down (a screen, to hide from view); 丐 keeps the straight top of 亡