TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
冥
ㄇㄧㄥˊ · míng
adj/noun — dark, dim; the unseen, the underworld (冥想, 幽冥)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冖聲mì — gives the sounda cover drawn over
FTmì → míng — same m-, the rest reshaped
A day-count (日 plus 六) under a cover (冖): 說文 reads it as the sixteenth day, when the full moon starts to wane and the light goes dim. 冖 mì carries the sound, worn to míng — the m holds, the rest reshaped. From that fading: darkness, the unseen, the deep quiet of 冥想.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
算到第十六天（日、六），一張蓋子（冖）罩下——月開始虧，天黑了。
Counted to the sixteenth day (日, 六), a cover (冖) drops — the moon wanes, the light goes out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)幽冥、冥冥— dark, dim, unseen常用
→冥想— deep quiet — to meditate
⇒幽冥、陰間— the underworld
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
冖mìthe phonetic and the cover — bare, it is the lid that 冥 draws over the day-count暝míngthe 冥 sibling — sun added, dusk falling