TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
析
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verb — to split; to analyze
字源 FORM — what the parts do
An axe (斤) at the wood (木) — together they write split. What the axe does to a log, 分析 does to a problem: open it along the grain and lay the halves out.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
斧（斤）一落，柴（木）順著紋路裂成兩半。
The axe (斤) falls; the log (木) splits clean along the grain.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)劈開木頭— to split wood
→分析、解析— to analyze — split apart to see常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension