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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
訝 character · A2 (est.)
訝 ＝ 言 ＋ 牙
ㄧㄚˋ · yà
verb — to be surprised, to be astonished

字源 FORM — what the parts do

言義speech, wordsthe speech radical — the cry of surprise
牙聲yá — gives the soundthe back teeth, interlocked; here for the reading
Tyá → yà — the tone shifts
Words (言) caught short — the old sense was to go out and meet a guest, and from the cry of meeting comes surprise. 牙 yá lends the sound, the tone settling to yà. It lives in 驚訝 and 訝異, astonished. The same 牙 builds 芽、雅、邪.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一句話（言）卡在嘴邊——啊，沒料到，那是訝。
A word (言) caught on the lip — oh, you didn't expect it; that is 訝, surprise.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)相迎— to go out and meet (a guest)
→驚訝、訝異— surprised, astonished常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
迓yàthe sound-twin — 迓 takes 辵 for going to meet; 訝 takes 言 for the cry of surprise