TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
予
ㄩˇ · yǔ
verb — to give, to grant, to bestow
字源 FORM — what the parts do
予形rendered bare — a giving gesture, two parts pushed across
The graph pictures a giving gesture — one thing pushed across and handed over. From that: 授予 to confer, 賦予 to bestow, 給予 to grant. As a sound it builds a series: 野、預、豫、舒.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一樣東西從手裡推出去，交到對方手上——這就是予。
One thing pushed out of the hand and across into another's — that is 予, to give.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)給予、授予— to give, to grant常用
→賦予— to bestow, to endow
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension