TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
叔
叔 ＝ 又 ＋ 尗
ㄕㄨ · shū
noun — father's younger brother; uncle
字源 FORM — what the parts do
尗聲shú — gives the soundthe left side (上+小) — a bean plant, the old picture worn into the glyph
Tshú → shū — same sound, the tone levels
A hand (又) gathering up beans (尗) — the original sense was to pick up, to glean. 尗 shú also carries the sound, worn to shū. The everyday word borrowed it for the younger of the brothers, the one who comes after: 叔叔、叔父.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
蹲下身，伸手（又）把地上的豆（尗）一顆顆撿起來。
He crouches, and his hand (又) picks the beans (尗) up off the ground one by one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拾取— to pick up, glean
→叔叔、叔父— father's younger brother常用
⇒叔伯— uncles; the paternal line
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
寂＝ 宀 ＋ jìthe lookalike — 寂 roofs 叔 under a 宀 for silence; 叔 keeps the bean-gathering hand bare尗shúthe sound it carries — the bean plant, now hidden in the left side