TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
胳
ㄍㄜ · gē
noun — the arm (in 胳膊)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tgè → gē — the tone fell to first
Flesh (肉, written 月) and 各 gè for the sound, worn to gē. A part of the body — the upper arm, the hollow under it. It lives mostly in 胳膊, the everyday word for arm.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
抬起手臂（月），腋下那塊肉露出來——胳。
The arm lifts (月), the flesh of the underarm shows — 胳.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)腋下— the armpit, the hollow under the arm
→胳膊— the arm常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension