TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
交
ㄐㄧㄠ · jiāo
verb — to cross; to hand over; to make (friends)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
交形a person standing with legs crossed
A standing figure, legs crossed at the ankles — to cross. Roads cross (交通、交叉), things cross from hand to hand (交給、交換), lives cross (交朋友). As a sound it runs its own series: 校、較、效.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
等人的工夫，他兩腿一交，靠在門邊站著。
Waiting, he crosses his legs at the ankle and leans against the doorframe.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)交叉— to cross
→交通— traffic — roads crossing常用
→交給、交換— to hand over, exchange
→交朋友、交往— to make friends — lives crossing
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
校＝ 木 ＋ xiàothe series in wood — the school跤jiāothe crossed legs that fall — 摔跤