TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
棺
ㄍㄨㄢ · guān
noun — coffin
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Wood (木) with 官 guān, the sound, exact. The wooden box that closes round the dead — the coffin. 官 also frames 館 guǎn, a hall, and 管 guǎn, a pipe.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
六片木（木）合成一個箱，圍住躺著的人——棺。
Six boards of wood (木) closed into a box around the one lying still — the coffin.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)棺材、棺木— a coffin常用
→入棺、蓋棺— to lay in the coffin; to close the lid
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension