TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
書
書 ＝ 聿 ＋ 曰
ㄕㄨ · shū
noun — a book; verb — to write
字源 FORM — what the parts do
聿義a hand holding a brush
曰聲the worn remainder of 者 zhě — gives the soundnot the 曰 that says: 者 wore down to it
{zh,ch,sh}IFTzhě → shū — 者's road, the donor worn to a 曰
A hand with a brush (聿) — writing. 者 gave the sound, and copying wore it down to the 曰 at the base; zhě wore to shū. From the act to the thing written: 書本、書店、書法.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
筆（聿）蘸了墨，字一個一個落到紙上。
The brush (聿) takes ink; characters land on the paper one by one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)書寫— to write
→書、書店— the book — the written thing常用
⇒書法— calligraphy — writing as art
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension