訓 (xùn) — to instruct, to teach, to drill

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

訓 character · B1 (est.)

訓＝言＋川

ㄒㄩㄣˋ · xùn

verb — to instruct, to teach, to drill

字源 FORM — what the parts do

言義speech, wordsthe speech radical on the left

川聲chuān — gives the sound and the sense of flowing alongthree lines of running water — a river

IFchuān → xùn — the reading shifts

Words (言) made to run straight, like a river (川) channelled down its course — to instruct, to bring into line. 川 lends both the sound, drifting to xùn, and its picture of guided flow. From the teaching: 訓練 to drill, 教訓 a lesson, 訓話 a lecture.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一句句話（言）順著河道（川）往下淌——一遍遍教，讓人就範。

Words (言) channelled down a riverbed (川), flowing in line — taught over and over until they hold.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)教導、訓— to instruct, to teach

→訓練— to train, to drill常用

→教訓— a lesson, a reprimand常用

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