TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
劍
劍 ＝ 刂 ＋ 僉
ㄐㄧㄢˋ · jiàn
noun — a sword, a double-edged blade
字源 FORM — what the parts do
刂義a knife, a blade (刀)
僉聲qiān — gives the soundmany mouths agreeing together
IFqiān → jiàn — the reading shifted off the donor
A blade (刂, from 刀) on the right; 僉 qiān — a crowd of mouths in accord — carries the sound, shifted to jiàn. The weapon a person carries at the waist, sharp on both edges: 寶劍、劍法、刀劍. 僉 frames the series 檢、儉、簽、險.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一把兩邊開刃的刀（刂）抽出鞘，寒光一閃——劍。
A blade (刂) sharp on both edges slides from the sheath, a cold flash — the sword.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)劍、寶劍— a sword常用
→劍法、劍術— swordsmanship
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension