TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
生
生 ＝ 屮 ＋ 土
ㄕㄥ · shēng
verb — to grow, be born; noun — life; adj — raw
字源 FORM — what the parts do
屮義a sproutthe upper strokes of 生 — stem and first leaves
A sprout (屮) pushes up from the soil (土); together they write growing. From growing: to be born 出生、生孩子, to be alive 生活、生命, raw — still growing 生肉、陌生 — and to bring forth 生產、發生.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
燒過的山上，第一點綠（屮）頂開黑土（土）。
On the burnt hillside, the first point of green (屮) breaks the blackened soil (土).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)生長— to grow
→出生、生孩子— to be born; to give birth常用
→生活、生命— to live; life常用
→生的——還沒熟— raw; unfamiliar — not yet done
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension