TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
單
ㄉㄢ · dān
adj — single, alone; simple; noun — list, sheet
字源 FORM — what the parts do
單形a forked hunting pole, a pellet bound at each tine — the old graph
A forked pole with a pellet lashed to each tine — a hunter's weapon; it still hangs inside 彈 the pellet and 戰 the war. The name was borrowed for one-alone: 單獨、單一; thin things follow — 簡單 simple, 菜單、名單 the single sheet.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
獵人舉起叉桿，叉頭兩顆石丸晃了晃——瞄住一隻野兔。
The hunter raises the forked pole, the two stone pellets swinging at its head — and sights a hare.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)獵具（古）— the forked hunting pole — it survives inside 彈 and 戰
(假借)單獨、單一— single, alone常用
→簡單— simple — nothing doubled
→菜單、名單— a sheet, a list
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension