TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
鋤
鋤 ＝ 釒 ＋ 助
ㄔㄨˊ · chú
noun — a hoe; verb — to hoe, weed; to root out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
釒義the metal radical — an iron tool
ITzhù → chú — the zh- aspirates to ch-, the tone rises
The metal radical (釒) with 助 zhù for the sound — the iron tool that aids the field: a hoe. To work it: to hoe, 鋤地; to weed, 鋤草; to root out, 鋤奸.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一柄鐵（釒）鋤揚起又落下，雜草連根翻出來。
An iron (釒) hoe rises and falls, turning the weeds out by the root.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鋤頭— a hoe常用
→鋤地、鋤草— to hoe, to weed常用
→鋤奸— to root out traitors
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
助zhùthe sound donor, bare — a plow and strength, to help鉏chúthe variant — 鉏 sets 且 by the metal radical for the same hoe, 鋤 spells out