TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
峽
ㄒㄧㄚˊ · xiá
noun — a gorge, ravine; a strait
字源 FORM — what the parts do
夾聲jiá — gives the sounda big person (大) with two small ones tucked under the arms — squeezed between
Mountains (山) on both sides, squeezing (夾) the water through a narrow throat — a gorge. 夾 carries the sound jiá, close to xiá, and its picture, a figure pressed on both sides, is the gorge itself. On water it gives 海峽, a strait. As a sound-piece 夾 builds 狹、挾、俠.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩座山（山）逼得很近，把一線水夾（夾）在中間，過去得側著身。
Two mountains (山) press close, the water pinched (夾) to a thread between them, passable only sideways.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)峽谷、山峽— a gorge, ravine常用
→海峽— a strait — water pinched between lands常用
→峽灣— a fjord
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension