TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
碌
碌 = 石 + 彔
ㄌㄨˋ · lù
adj — busy, toiling; (of stones) common, ordinary
字源 FORM — what the parts do
彔聲lù — gives the sounda hand turning a windlass, water dripping below
Stone (石) and 彔 lù — the old sense was a scatter of small stones, plain and many. From the heap of ordinary stones came the ordinary, undistinguished (庸碌), and from the endless small tasks, the busy and toiling: 忙碌.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
滿地零碎的小石頭(石),一顆顆都不起眼。
A scatter of small stones (石) underfoot, not one of them remarkable.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)碌碌、石貌— a scatter of small stones
→庸碌、碌碌無為— ordinary, undistinguished
⇒忙碌— busy, toiling常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
錄= 釒 + lùshares the sound — 錄 records with metal 金, 碌 toils among stone 祿lùshares the sound — 祿 (salary) with the altar 示; 碌 with stone