TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
敦
敦 = 享 + 攵
ㄉㄨㄣ · dūn
adj — honest, sincere, kindly
字源 FORM — what the parts do
攵義a hand with a stick — action, urging
The right hand (攵) urges and presses; the left, worn from an old offering-vessel (𦎫, now looking like 享), carries the sound. From pressing earnestly comes the modern sense: solid, honest, kindly — 敦厚. The place 敦煌 and 倫敦 (London) borrow the graph for its sound.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手(攵)誠誠懇懇地按著盛好的供品(享)——這份厚道,就是敦。
A hand (攵) pressing earnestly over a vessel of offering (享) — that solid kindness is 敦.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)敦厚、敦實— honest, solid, kindly常用
→敦促— to urge earnestly
→倫敦、敦煌— London; Dunhuang
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
郭guōthe lookalike — 郭 ends in 阝, 敦 ends in the hand 厚hòuthe partner in 敦厚 — both carry the sense of solid, thick-hearted