entries → 鈣
TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
鈣 character · B1 (est.)
鈣 ＝ 釒 ＋ 丐
ㄍㄞˋ · gài
noun — calcium

字源 FORM — what the parts do

釒義the metal radical — a chemical element
丐聲gài — gives the sounda beggar
The metal radical (釒) with 丐 gài for the sound — a coined name for the element, like the whole modern row of metals named by sound. The reactive metal of bone and chalk: 鈣質、補鈣、缺鈣.
意 · Meanings
(本義)鈣— calcium常用
→鈣質、補鈣— calcium (in the body); to take calcium常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
蓋gàithe sound-mate — 蓋 grows 艹 over a lidded jar (a cover), 鈣 takes 丐 by the metal radical鈉nàthe row-mate — another sound-named metal, 鈉 sodium beside 鈣 calcium