TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
垂
ㄔㄨㄟˊ · chuí
verb — to hang down, to droop; to let down, hand down
字源 FORM — what the parts do
垂形a plant heavy with drooping leaves, hung over the ground
A plant bent under its own weight, the leaves hanging to the ground — the picture is "to droop." From hanging down come the rest: to lower (垂頭), to hand down to later ages (垂範), to draw near the edge (垂危). As a sound it heads its own series: 錘、陲、捶.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
枝葉太重，整株往下垂，葉尖剛碰到地。
The leaves too heavy, the whole plant droops, the tips just brushing the ground.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)下垂、垂掛— to hang down, droop常用
→垂頭、低垂— to lower (the head)
→垂範、永垂不朽— to hand down (to later ages)
→垂危、垂死— to draw near (the edge of death)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
錘chuítakes as its sound — a hammer, a weight (金)陲chuítakes as its sound — the frontier, the hanging edge (阝)