TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
崖
崖 ＝ 屵 ＋ 圭
ㄧㄚˊ · yá
noun — cliff, precipice (a sheer high edge)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
屵義山 over 厂 — a high cliff edge
圭聲guī — gives the sound
IFTguī → yá — initial, final, and tone all shifted
屵 stacks 山 over a cliff (厂): the high steep edge. 圭 guī, the doubled-earth jade tablet, carries the sound, worn to yá. The original is a sheer cliff: 懸崖、崖壁.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
站在山頂的厂邊往下看，崖壁直落，圭的兩塊土在腳下疊著。
At the cliff's edge (厂) below the peak (山), the rock drops sheer; the two stacked earths of 圭 sit under your feet.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)懸崖、崖壁— cliff, precipice常用
→崖岸— the brink, the verge
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
涯yáthe series — 涯 takes water 氵 (the water's edge), 崖 takes the cliff 岸ànthe partner in shore-and-cliff — 岸 is the riverbank, 崖 the sheer drop