TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
天
ㄊㄧㄢ · tiān
noun — sky; day
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A person at full stretch (大) with a stroke (一) where the head is — the crown, first drawn as a round head. From the crown to everything above it: the sky 天空, its weather 天氣, and day after day under it — 今天、明天.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
割完稻躺在田裡，頭頂（一）之上什麼都沒有，只有藍。
Lying in the cut field, nothing above the crown (一) but blue.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)頭頂（顛）— the crown of the head (dead)
→天空、天上— the sky常用
⇒天氣、天生— weather; by nature — the sky's doing
⇒今天、每天— day常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension