TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
聲
聲 = 殸 + 耳
ㄕㄥ · shēng
noun — sound; voice; tone
字源 FORM — what the parts do
殸聲qìng — a chime-stone (声) struck by a mallet-hand (殳)
IFT≠qìng → shēng — donor and child parted ways
殸 — a chime-stone struck by a mallet-hand — rings; the ear (耳) below catches it. 殸 also lends the sound, worn far from qìng to shēng. What the ear takes in is 聲: 聲音, 大聲, and the four tones, 四聲.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
槌(殳)落在懸著的石磬上,一記長音——耳朵(耳)一直跟到它沒了。
The mallet (殳) lands on the hanging stone; one long ring — the ear (耳) follows it until it is gone.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)聲音— sound常用
→大聲、聲調— voice; tone
⇒名聲— reputation — the sound of a name
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
磬qìngthe chime itself — stone (石) beneath instead of the ear音yīnthe partner in 聲音 — sound written from the mouth