凳 (dèng) — a stool, a bench (no back)

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字

凳 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)

凳＝登＋几

ㄉㄥˋ · dèng

noun — a stool, a bench (no back)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

登聲dēng — gives the soundtwo feet climbing onto a raised stand (豆)

Tdēng → dèng — only the tone shifts

几義a small low table — here the seat

A low stand (几) you step up onto — the stool. 登 dēng carries the sound, only the tone falling to dèng, and its own picture of climbing on suits a thing you mount to sit: 板凳、凳子.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩隻腳一登（登），就坐上了那張矮架子（几）。

Two feet step up (登) and settle onto the low stand (几).

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)凳子、板凳— a stool, a bench常用

→矮凳、長凳— a low stool; a long bench

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension