TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
鼓
鼓 ＝ 壴 ＋ 攴
ㄍㄨˇ · gǔ
noun/verb — a drum; to beat, to rouse (鼓勵)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
壴義a drum standing on its frame
攴義a hand holding a stick — the beater
A drum on its stand (壴) and a hand with a stick (攴) raised to strike it — to drum. The two halves are the instrument and the striking together. From beating the drum to spur men on, the word rouses: 鼓勵、鼓動.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一手抓棒（攴），對著架上的鼓（壴）一槌——咚。
One hand grips the stick (攴) and brings it down on the standing drum (壴) — boom.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鼓— a drum常用
→敲鼓、打鼓— to beat a drum
⇒鼓勵、鼓動— to rouse, to spur on
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
彭péngthe kin sound — 彭 sets sound-strokes 彡 beside the same drum