TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
您
ㄋㄧㄣˊ · nín
pron — you, polite
字源 FORM — what the parts do
FTnǐ → nín — 你們 said fast; the plural's -n folded into the word
你 set over a heart (心). The word began as 你們 run together — the plural bowed into a politeness — and the folded-in -n still ends it; the heart below makes the respect visible.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
問路的人先欠身，心（心）放低，開口是您好。
He bows a little first, heart (心) lowered — and opens with nín hǎo.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)您— you — with a bow in it常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension