TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
鷹
鷹 ＝ 鳥 ＋ 䧹
ㄧㄥ · yīng
noun — eagle, hawk
字源 FORM — what the parts do
䧹聲yīng — gives the soundthe top of the glyph: a raptor 隹 under cover 广
The whole top is 䧹 yīng — a raptor 隹 drawn folded under cover 广 — and it carries the sound exactly. Below sits 鳥, the bird. Together the hunting bird: 老鷹、雄鷹, the eagle that strikes from above.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
頂蓋下伏著一隻收翅的 隹，底下立著 鳥（鳥）——老鷹盯著地面，等著撲下。
A raptor 隹 crouches folded under cover, a bird (鳥) below — the eagle, eyes fixed on the ground, waiting to strike.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)老鷹、鷹— eagle, hawk常用
→鷹犬— a hawk-and-hound — someone's henchman
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
雁yànthe lookalike top — 雁 stands a 人 inside the cover, 鷹 keeps the raptor 隹 of and adds below