TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
尖
ㄐㄧㄢ · jiān
adj/noun — pointed, sharp; a tip, point
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Small (小) stacked on big (大) — wide at the bottom, tapering to nothing at the top: a point. The whole stack reads as the shape itself. From the point: 尖銳、尖端、筆尖.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
底下一個大（大），上面收成一個小（小），越往上越細，扎手。
A big base (大) below, narrowing to a small (小) above — sharper the higher it goes.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)尖、尖銳— pointed, sharp常用
→尖端、筆尖— a tip, point
⇒尖叫— to shriek — a sharp, piercing cry
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension