TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
寫
寫 ＝ 宀 ＋ 舄
ㄒㄧㄝˇ · xiě
verb — to write
字源 FORM — what the parts do
宀義a roof
舄聲xì — gives the sounda magpie in the old graph; also the word for a court shoe
FTxì → xiě
Under a roof (宀), things set in place — the first sense is moving goods in and putting them where they belong. Moving words onto the page took the same character: to write. 舄 xì gives the sound, eased to xiě.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋裡（宀）安靜，筆尖沙沙地在紙上走。
Quiet under the roof (宀); the pen tip walks whispering across the page.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)安置— to set things in their place
→寫字、寫信— to write — words set onto the page常用
⇒描寫— to portray — to copy in words
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension