TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
印
印 ＝ 爪 ＋ 卪
ㄧㄣˋ · yìn
verb — to print, stamp; noun — seal, mark
字源 FORM — what the parts do
爪義a hand pressing down from above
卪義a kneeling figure, the credential sealthe right half — a person bent low, worn nearly abstract
A hand (爪) presses down on a kneeling figure (卪) — the authority that holds the seal of office and stamps it down. From the pressed seal, everything pressed onto a surface: 印章、印刷, and the mark it leaves, 印象.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（爪）按下去，章子壓住跪伏的形（卪）——一個印子，起來了。
The hand (爪) bears down, the seal pressing on the bent figure (卪) — and a mark stands up where it lifted.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)印章、官印— a seal of office常用
→印刷、印出— to print, stamp常用
⇒印象— impression, mark left behind常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
卩jiéthe lookalike — 卩 is the bare kneeling figure; 印 sets a pressing hand above it