TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
挪
挪 ＝ 扌 ＋ 那
ㄋㄨㄛˊ · nuó
verb — to move, shift over; to transfer (funds, time)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
FTnà → nuó — the final rounded, tone turned
The hand (扌) edges something from here to there — to move, to shift over. 那 nà carries the sound, the final rounded to nuó. 挪動、挪用、挪移.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
桌子太擠，手（扌）一推，把它挪到那（那）一頭去。
The desk is crowded; the hand (扌) pushes and shifts it over to that (那) far end.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)移動、挪移— to move, shift over
→挪動、挪開— to budge, shift aside常用
⇒挪用、挪借— to divert, transfer (funds)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension