TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
互
ㄏㄨˋ · hù
adv — mutually, each other
字源 FORM — what the parts do
互形rendered bare — a winding rope-reel, top and bottom hooking opposite ways
The graph draws a reel for winding rope — two hooks catching from opposite ends, each holding the other. From that gripping-both-ways: mutual, reciprocal. It lives almost entirely in 互相, 互助, 交互 — one side and the other, locked together.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
上下兩個鉤，從相反方向咬住——你扣著我，我扣著你。
Two hooks, top and bottom, catching from opposite ends — you hold me, I hold you.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)互、交互— to interlock from both sides常用
→互相、互助— mutually, each other常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension