TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
剔
剔 ＝ 刂 ＋ 易
ㄊㄧ · tī
verb — to pick out, scrape clean; to bone, to remove
字源 FORM — what the parts do
刂義a knife
IT≠yì → tī — the initial jumps clear across, tone too
A knife (刂) works into a crack and lifts a thing out — to pick out, to scrape clean. 易 yì carries the sound, the initial jumping wide to t for tī; the same 易 lends t-sounds to 踢、惕.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
刀尖（刂）順著骨縫挑進去，一塊塊把肉剔了下來。
The knife-tip (刂) works along the seam of the bone and lifts the meat off, piece by piece.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)剔除、挑剔— to pick out, scrape clean常用
→剔牙、剔骨— to pick (teeth); to bone (meat)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension