TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
虜
ㄌㄨˇ · lǔ
verb — to capture, take prisoner; (noun) a captive
字源 FORM — what the parts do
毌義a string through, threading captives together
虍聲hū — the tiger's head, here carrying the sound
IFThū → lǔ — the reading shifted far from the donor
Force (力) used to seize, captives strung through (毌) and led away (獲也) — to take prisoner. 虍 hū, the tiger's head, sits on top carrying the sound, worn far to lǔ. From the seizing: 俘虜、虜獲.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
仗打贏了，敵兵被一根繩子（毌）串成一串，使勁（力）押著走。
The battle won, the enemy strung on one rope (毌) and marched off by force (力).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)俘虜、虜獲— to capture; a captive常用
→擄掠— to seize and plunder
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
虍hūthe tiger's-head top alone — the sound-giver, no captives beneath it擄lǔthe hand-added twin — 擄 puts a hand 扌 on 虜 to make the seizing explicit