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儉
儉 ＝ 亻 ＋ 僉
ㄐㄧㄢˇ · jiǎn
adj — frugal, thrifty, sparing
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
僉聲qiān — gives the sound"all together," all hands joined
{j,q,x}ITqiān → jiǎn — the {j,q,x} crossing, tone shifts too
A person (亻) who holds back, spends little — frugal. 僉 qiān carries the sound, the initial slipping across the {j,q,x} row to jiǎn. The same 僉 builds 檢、險、驗.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
那個人（亻）把每一分都收著（僉），一分也不肯多花。
The person (亻) gathers every coin in (僉) and won't let one extra go.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)節儉— frugal, thrifty常用
→儉樸— plain, unadorned
⇒儉德— the virtue of restraint
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension