TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
巨
ㄐㄩˋ · jù
adj — huge, enormous; noun — carpenter's square (original)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
巨形a carpenter's square — a hand gripping the L-rule
The carpenter's square, the L-shaped rule held in the hand to lay out right angles — the original tool. The big sense rode in on a loan: 巨大、巨人. As a sound it anchors a whole series: 距、拒、炬、苣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手握一把直角的曲尺（巨），畫出方方正正的大樑。
A hand grips the right-angled rule (巨), laying out the great squared beam.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)規巨、曲尺— the carpenter's square
(假借)巨大、巨人— huge, enormous常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension