TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
俄
俄 ＝ 亻 ＋ 我
ㄜˊ · é
adj/adv — leaning, tilted; in a moment, suddenly; (俄) the sound for Russia
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
ITwǒ → é — the donor's reading drifted off the modern sound
A person (亻) tilting over — leaning, off-balance. 我 wǒ carries the sound, drifted from the modern reading. From a tilt came the briefest span: 俄而、俄頃, in a moment. The sound also serves a borrowed name — 俄國, Russia.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
那人（亻）身子一歪，還沒站穩，一眨眼的工夫。
The figure (亻) tips off-balance — and before it steadies, the moment is already gone.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)俄傾— leaning, tilted
→俄而、俄頃— in a moment, suddenly — a span as brief as a tilt常用
(假借)俄國、俄羅斯— the sound used to write Russia常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension