測 (cè) — to measure, gauge; to fathom, predict

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

測 character · B1 (est.)

測＝氵＋則

ㄘㄜˋ · cè

verb — to measure, gauge; to fathom, predict

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

則聲zé — gives the sounda knife 刀 cutting marks beside the cauldron 貝 — a rule, a standard

{ts,tsh}Izé → cè — the {z,c} crossing

Water (氵) sounded for its depth — the old sense, to fathom. 則 zé carries the sound, the rule-graph of marks cut by a knife, worn from z to c. From measuring water-depth, gauging and predicting anything: 測量、預測、推測.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一根竿子直插下水（氵），看到哪——測深。

A pole driven straight down into the water (氵), reading where it stops — sounding the depth.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)測深、測量— to fathom, measure常用

→預測、推測— to predict, infer

⇒觀測、測試— to observe, test

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