TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
劇
劇 ＝ 刀 ＋ 豦
ㄐㄩˋ · jù
adj — intense, severe; noun — drama, a play
字源 FORM — what the parts do
豦聲jù — gives the sound
A knife (刀) beside 豦 (a boar and tiger locked in struggle) — the original force was fierce, violent: 劇烈、加劇. From that intensity it slid to the stage, the high drama of a play, 戲劇、劇本. 豦 jù carries the sound, and seeds 據、遽.
意 · Meanings
(本義)劇烈、激烈— intense, severe
→戲劇、劇本— drama, a play常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
據＝ 扌 ＋ jùshares the sound part — 據 takes the hand 扌 for "to rely on, seize"; 劇 takes the knife 遽jùanother sibling — 遽 adds the road 辶 for "hurried"; same sound donor