TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
枷
ㄐㄧㄚ · jiā
noun — a wooden cangue; a frame, rack
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Wood (木) plus 加 jiā, the sound, exact. The wood you pile onto a prisoner — the cangue locked round the neck. 加 also frames 架 jià, the shelf-rack.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊重木頭（木）卡在脖子上，再加（加）一塊——枷。
A slab of wood (木) round the neck, then one more added (加) — the cangue.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)木枷、枷鎖— a wooden cangue, the neck-board
→枷板、框架— a frame, rack
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension