TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
王
ㄨㄤˊ · wáng
noun — a king, monarch; (adj) royal
字源 FORM — what the parts do
王形three horizontal lines joined by one uprightheaven, earth, and man — the king is the upright that threads all three; rendered as the whole pictograph, no separable parts
Three horizontal lines — heaven on top, earth at the foot, man between — and one upright stroke running down to join all three. The one who threads heaven, earth, and man into a single line is the king: 一貫三爲王. From that axis: 國王、王朝、王位.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天、地、人三橫，一豎把三條串成一線——立在正中的，是王。
Three lines — heaven, earth, man — and one upright stroke threading all three into one; standing dead-centre is the king.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)王、國王— a king, monarch常用
→王朝、王位— a dynasty; the throne
⇒王牌、歌王— the best of its kind — the "king" of (a trump card; a singing star)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension