TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
島
ㄉㄠˇ · dǎo
noun — an island
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITniǎo → dǎo — the n softens to d, the tone falls
A mountain (山) under a bird (鳥): land standing up out of the sea, where birds put down. 鳥 niǎo carries the sound, worn from n to d. The picture and the sound arrive together — the seabirds mark the rock you can stop on.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
海上一座山（山），群鳥（鳥）落下歇腳——那是島。
A mountain (山) out in the sea, the birds (鳥) settling to rest — an island.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)島嶼— an island常用
→島國— an island nation
→孤島— an isolated island
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension