訊 (xùn) — message, information; to question

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訊 character · TOCFL 3 (est.)

訊＝言＋卂

ㄒㄩㄣˋ · xùn

noun/verb — message, information; to question

字源 FORM — what the parts do

言義speech

卂聲xùn — gives the soundwings folded for the dive — swiftness itself

Words (言) on the left; 卂 xùn carries the sound, an exact match — its graph a bird with wings folded for the dive, swiftness itself. The first word is to question, pressing and quick (審訊); what the questions bring back is the message: 訊息、資訊.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

問話（言）一句追著一句，快得像收翅俯衝（卂），不給喘氣的空。

The questions (言) come one on the heels of another, dive-fast (卂) — no room to breathe.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)審問（審訊）— to question, interrogate

→訊息、資訊— message, information — what the asking brings back常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension