TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
實
實 ＝ 宀 ＋ 貫
ㄕˊ · shí
adj/noun — solid, real; fruit
字源 FORM — what the parts do
宀義a roof — the house
A roof (宀) over 貫, cowries threaded on a string — together they write a house filled. Full is the first sense: 充實, and the plant's filled part, 果實. What is filled out is solid and true — 真實, 事實, 老實.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋（宀）裡一串一串的貝（貫）掛滿了牆。
Inside the house (宀), strings of cowries (貫) hang the walls full.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)滿、充實— full, filled
→果實— fruit — the filled part
→真實、事實— real, actual常用
⇒老實— honest — nothing hollow
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension