TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
午
ㄨˇ · wǔ
noun — noon, midday
字源 FORM — what the parts do
午形a pestle, drawn whole — the borrowed-away original of 杵
A pestle for husking grain — the first graph of 杵. The calendar borrowed it for the seventh branch, the double-hour when the sun stands highest; the pestle's own sense moved out and took a 木. 上午、中午、下午.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
日頭走到正頭頂，杵（午）靠在牆邊——先吃飯。
The sun stands straight overhead; the pestle (午) leans on the wall — food first.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)杵— the pestle — the sense moved out to 杵
→午時、中午— noon — the seventh branch's double-hour常用
⇒上午、下午— forenoon and afternoon常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
牛niúthe lookalike — 牛's stroke pierces up through the top, 's stays under it杵chǔthe pestle sense rehoused, wood added