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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
描 character · A2 (est.)
描 ＝ 扌 ＋ 苗
ㄇㄧㄠˊ · miáo
verb — to trace, copy; to depict

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義the hand
苗聲miáo — young sprouts (艹) in a field (田); gives the sound
The hand (扌) follows a line already there — to trace, to copy out. 苗 miáo, the seedlings standing in a field, carries the sound exactly. So 描寫 sketches in words, 描繪 paints out, 描紅 traces over the red model strokes.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）拿筆，沿著淡淡的底樣，一筆筆把它描深。
The hand (扌) takes the brush and, along the faint underdrawing, traces each line darker.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)描、描寫— to trace, depict常用
→描繪、描述— to portray, describe in detail
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
苗miáothe phonetic, the bare sprouts — 描 sets the hand 扌 to it瞄miáosame 苗 sound, but on 目 (an eye) — to take aim