TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
過
過 ＝ 辶 ＋ 咼
ㄍㄨㄛˋ · guò
verb — to pass, cross; to exceed; suffix — experience marker
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walking foot — movement
咼聲guō — gives the sound
Tguō → guò — tone only
Movement (辶) with 咼 guō for the sound, one tone step away. Together they write passing — across the road 過馬路, past the date 過期, past the line 過分; and what you have already passed through: 吃過、去過.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
橋下水聲很響，腳步（辶）沒停——人已經在對岸了。
Water loud under the bridge; the steps (辶) never pause — already on the far bank.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)經過、過馬路— to pass, cross over常用
→超過、過分— to exceed — past the line
→吃過、去過— experience marker — been through it常用
→過錯— a fault — a step too far
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension