TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
毫
ㄏㄠˊ · háo
noun — a fine hair; (figurative) the least bit; a unit (milli-)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFgāo → háo — the reading shifted off the donor
Hair (毛) under the worn top of 高 gāo, the sound — the finest, longest hair, the brush-tip. From a hair's width, the least measurable bit: 毫不, 毫髮. As a unit, milli-: 毫升, 毫米. 高 also frames 豪 háo, grand.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一根最細的毛（毛），高高（高）挑出來——毫。
A single finest hair (毛), drawn up high (高) — the hair's-breadth.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)毫毛、毫髮— a fine hair常用
→毫不、絲毫— the least bit, a shred常用
⇒毫升、毫米— a unit — milli- (one-thousandth)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension