TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
滴
滴 ＝ 氵 ＋ 啇
ㄉㄧ · dī
verb/noun — to drip; a drop of liquid
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
啇聲dí — gives the soundthe stem shared by 商、敵、摘
Tdí → dī — only the tone moves
Water (氵) falling one bead at a time — to drip. 啇 dí carries the sound, the stem behind 商、敵、摘, only the tone changed. The word names both the falling and the bead itself: 滴水、水滴、一滴.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋簷下，水一顆顆墜地（氵）——滴、滴、滴。
Under the eaves, the water falls bead by bead (氵) — drip, drip, drip.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)滴水、滴下— to drip常用
→水滴、一滴— a drop of liquid常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension