TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
錶
ㄅㄧㄠˇ · biǎo
noun — a watch; a gauge, meter
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Metal (金) on the left, 表 biǎo on the right — and 表 is doing double work: it carries the sound, and it means the outer face. A metal thing you read by its face: the watch, the gauge (手錶、儀錶).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊金（金）做的，看它的面（表）就知時間——錶。
A thing of metal (金) you read off its face (表) — the watch.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)手錶— a watch常用
→儀錶、碼錶— gauge, meter, stopwatch
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension