TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
雅
雅 ＝ 隹 ＋ 牙
ㄧㄚˇ · yǎ
adj — elegant, refined; proper, standard
字源 FORM — what the parts do
隹義a short-tailed bird
Tyá → yǎ — same syllable, tone drops to the third
A short-tailed bird (隹) named with 牙 yá for the sound — first a kind of crow. The reading dropped to yǎ, and the bird's name was borrowed for the standard, the refined: 典雅、雅致、風雅.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻短尾鳥（隹）站在枝頭，名字借了牙（牙）的音——後來竟成了「雅」。
A short-tailed bird (隹) on the branch, its name borrowed from 牙 — and it became the word for elegant.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)雅烏、楚烏— a kind of crow
→典雅、雅致— elegant, refined常用
⇒雅言、風雅— standard, proper (speech, taste)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension