TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
久
ㄐㄧㄡˇ · jiǔ
adj — long in time
字源 FORM — what the parts do
久形rendered bare — three strokesthe old account reads it as 灸's first graph
Three strokes. The old account (說文) ties 久 to 灸 — a slow fire held against the body: moxibustion is measured in stillness, and the graph kept the time. 很久、好久不見.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
艾火貼著背，一炷香的工夫不能動——久。
The moxa glows against his back; for the length of an incense stick, no moving — long.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)長久、很久— long in time常用
→久等、好久不見— long waiting; long unseen
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension