TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
沒
沒 ＝ 氵 ＋ 殳
ㄇㄟˊ · méi/mò
adv — not have, not; (mò) to sink
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
殳空a hand with a tool — worn remainder of the sinking graph
Water (氵) closing over something — the original word is to sink. The everyday "not have" borrowed the drowned graph: what sank, you no longer have.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
東西掉進水裡，一圈漣漪——沒了。
It drops into the water (氵), one ripple — gone.
字源
意 · Meanings
méi
(假借)沒有、沒來— not have; did not常用
mò
(本義)沉沒、淹沒— to sink, submerge常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related