碼 (mǎ) — a counting marker, numeral, code

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字

碼 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

碼＝石＋馬

ㄇㄚˇ · mǎ

noun — a counting marker, numeral, code

字源 FORM — what the parts do

石義stonethe stone counters set down on the left

馬聲mǎ — gives the soundthe 馬 series: 媽、瑪、螞、罵

A stone (石) with 馬 mǎ for the sound, exactly. The graph carries two tellings: a patterned stone, agate (碼瑙), the named stone narrowing to a small marked piece — a counting chip; or stones laid down bare as a tally, one set down for each thing counted. Either way it lands on the counting marker: a counter (籌碼), then a number (號碼), then a code (密碼、代碼).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一顆石頭（石）放下，算一個；馬（馬）在旁念著數——碼。

One stone (石) down, that's one counted; 馬 sounds the count beside it.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)籌碼— a counting marker, chip

→號碼、碼頭— number; a marked-off measure常用

⇒密碼、代碼— code

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension