TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
飼
ㄙˋ · sì
verb — to feed, to raise (animals)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tsī → sì — tone shifts
Food (食) handed out, and 司 — to manage, to take charge. 司 sī carries the sound, settled to the falling tone. To take charge of feeding animals, day after day: 飼養, 飼料 — to keep a creature fed.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
每天按時把料(食)端去,管著(司)一圈牲口——飼養。
Day by day the feed (食) is carried out, a hand keeping charge (司) of the stock — raising them.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)飼養— to feed, to raise (animals)常用
→飼料— animal feed, fodder常用
⇒飼育— to rear, to nurture (livestock)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension