TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
褛
褛 ＝ 衤 ＋ 婁
ㄌㄩˇ · lǚ
noun — a tattered garment (in 襤褸 — ragged, threadbare)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
衤義clothing
婁聲lóu — gives the sound
FTlóu → lǚ — same initial, the rest shifted
Clothing (衤) on the left; 婁 lóu carries the sound, worn to lǚ. It lives in 襤褸 — clothes hanging in loose, dangling shreds. 婁 builds a sound family: 樓、數、屢.
意 · Meanings
(本義)襤褸— ragged, tattered (of clothes)常用
→衣衫褸裂— torn and hanging in shreds
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
褸lǚthe full form — 褛 is the trimmed variant; the right side packs into 樓＝ 木 ＋ lóuthe series — a multi-storey building, keeping its lóu sound