TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
棍
ㄍㄨㄣˋ · gùn
noun — stick, rod, club; (of a person) a rogue
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITkūn → gùn — the reading shifted off the donor
Wood (木) with 昆 kūn, the sound. A length of wood cut to a club — the stick. 昆 carries the sound, shifted to gùn. From a stick that beats, the figurative rogue: 惡棍.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
砍一截直木（木）當棒子——棍。
Cut a straight length of wood (木) for a club — the stick.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)棍子、棍棒— stick, rod, club常用
→惡棍、賭棍— a rogue, a cheat — a human cudgel
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension