TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
瞎
ㄒㄧㄚ · xiā
adj/adv — blind; blindly, at random
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFThài → xiā — an irregular leap off the donor
An eye (目) with 害, which lends the sound — hài jumping off-track to xiā, an irregular leap. The harmed eye: one that no longer sees. From sightlessness comes doing-without-seeing: 瞎說 talk with no basis, 瞎猜 guess at random, 瞎忙 bustle to no purpose.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻眼（目）受了害（害），再睜也看不見——瞎了。
An eye (目) that's been harmed (害) — open, but seeing nothing — gone blind.
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意 · Meanings
(本義)瞎眼、瞎子— blind常用
→瞎說、瞎猜、瞎忙— blindly, at random, to no purpose常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension