TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
陳
陳 ＝ 阝 ＋ 申
ㄔㄣˊ · chén
verb — to lay out, state; adj — old, stale
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阝義a mound, a place
申聲shēn — fused into the 東-shaped right side, alongside 木 (a tree)gives the sound; 木 rides along inside the same right half
{zh,ch,sh,r}Ishēn → chén — the retroflex initial slides sh to ch
A mound (阝) marks the place where things get set out in rows. The right side fuses a tree (木) and 申 shēn, which carries the sound, worn from sh to ch. From the row laid out: to state (陳述), and what has stood there long — old (陳舊).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
牆邊一排陶罐沿著土坡（阝）擺開，從頭數到尾——全攤出來了。
A row of jars set out along the slope of the mound (阝), counted end to end — everything on display.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)陳列、陳設— to lay out in rows
→陳述— to state, set forth常用
→陳舊— old, stale — long set out
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension