TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
育
育 = 𠫓 + 月
ㄩˋ · yù
verb — to give birth to; to raise, educate
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𠫓義a child turned head-down — being born
A child upside down (𠫓) — head first, the way babies arrive — over flesh (月, the 肉 form): birth from the mother's body. From bearing to bringing up, 養育、育兒; and the raising of minds, 教育.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
孩子頭朝下(𠫓)落進接生婆手裡,哭聲一響,貼上母親的身(月)。
Head-down (𠫓) the child drops into the midwife's hands; the first cry, then skin against the mother's body (月).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)生育— to give birth
→養育、育兒— to raise, rear
⇒教育、體育— to educate, cultivate常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension