TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
叉
叉 ＝ 又 ＋ 丶
ㄔㄚ · chā
noun — fork; verb — to cross, to fork
字源 FORM — what the parts do
丶形a mark dropped between the fingers — the fork itself
A hand (又) with a stroke set between its fingers (丶) — the splayed gap where they spread apart. From that fork: the eating fork 叉子, and two lines crossing, 交叉.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
張開手（又），指縫裡卡著一點（丶）——岔開了。
An open hand (又), a dot (丶) wedged in the gap between the fingers — splayed apart.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)交叉、分叉— to cross, to fork常用
→叉子— a fork (utensil)常用
⇒叉腰— to set hands on the hips, arms forked out
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension