渠 (qú) — a canal, ditch, channel

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

渠 character · B1 (est.)

渠＝氵＋巨

ㄑㄩˊ · qú

noun — a canal, ditch, channel

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

巨聲jù — gives the sounda carpenter's set-square, worn into the top

{g,k,q}ITjù → qú — the velar-to-palatal crossing; tone shifts too

Water (氵) set in a dug line — a canal, the place water lives. 巨 jù carries the sound, the set-square graph worn into the top, with 木 framing the cut below. The reading slid from j to q. The sense holds at water-channels: 水渠、渠道.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

田邊一道挖直的溝，水順著走（氵）——渠。

A straight cut dug along the field, water running its length (氵) — a canal.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)溝渠、水渠— a canal, ditch常用

→渠道— a channel, conduit

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension