TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
挺
挺 ＝ 扌 ＋ 廷
ㄊㄧㄥˇ · tǐng
verb/adv — to straighten, stick out; quite, rather
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
Ttíng → tǐng — same family, the tone rises
The hand (扌) pulls a thing upright — to straighten, to stand out. 廷 tíng, the court where men hold themselves erect, carries the sound, with the tone lifted. Straight gives 挺立, 挺胸; from "standing out" the spoken 挺好 came to mean "quite."
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）往上一撐，腰背拔直，整個人立起來。
The hand (扌) braces upward, the back pulls straight, and the man stands erect.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)挺立、挺直— to straighten, stand erect常用
→挺身— to stand out, step forward — to stick oneself out
⇒挺好、挺累— quite, rather — the "standing out" sense in speech常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension