TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
來
ㄌㄞˊ · lái
verb — to come
字源 FORM — what the parts do
來形a wheat plant drawn whole — stalk, leaves, drooping ears
A wheat plant drawn whole — stalk, leaves, the ears drooping. The original word is wheat; to come borrowed the graph and never left, and wheat moved into 麥. The old books made the loan fit: wheat was the grain that came from afar.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
風一吹，整片麥穗（來）齊齊往這邊倒。
The wind moves — and a whole field of wheat (來) bows this way.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)麥（本字）— wheat — now written 麥
(假借)過來、回來— to come — the borrowed branch常用
→後來、未來— what comes after; what is to come
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension