TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
死
死 ＝ 歺 ＋ 人
ㄙˇ · sǐ
verb/adj — to die; dead
字源 FORM — what the parts do
歺義the cracked, picked-clean bonewritten 歹 on the left in the modern glyph
Bare bones (歺, now 歹) and a person (人) bent over them: life has left the body — to die. From the corpse, everything finished and gone-no-further: 死亡、死人、死路.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一具枯骨，旁邊跪著一個人——再叫也不會應了。
Stripped bones (歹), a person (人) kneeling beside them — call all you like, no answer comes.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)死亡— to die常用
→死人— a dead person; the dead
⇒死路、死角— dead end — gone no further
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension