TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
子
ㄗˇ · zǐ
noun — child, son; seed; noun suffix (read light)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
子形a baby — oversized head, arms spread, legs swaddled into a single line
A baby: the head drawn big, both arms out, the legs swaddled into one stroke. Child first — 孩子、兒子; the seed is the plant's child, 種子; and said weightless it is the noun's little tail: 桌子、椅子、本子.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
襁褓把腿裹成一條，兩隻小手卻張得開開的——要人抱。
The swaddle binds the legs into one line; the two small hands spread wide — reaching to be held.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)孩子、嬰兒— child常用
→兒子— son
→種子— seed — the plant's child
→桌子、椅子— the weightless noun tail常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension