TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
礎
ㄔㄨˇ · chǔ
noun — plinth, foundation stone
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A stone (石) set under a pillar — the footing a house stands on. 楚 chǔ gives the sound, exact. The word stays close to the building site: 基礎, the base everything else is raised on.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
立柱之前，先把一塊平石（石）砸進土裡——柱子落上去，一動不動。
Before the pillar goes up, a flat stone (石) is rammed into the earth — the pillar settles on it and never moves.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)柱下石— the base stone under a pillar
→基礎— foundation常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension