惡 (è/wù) — evil, bad (è); verb — to hate, loathe (wù)

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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字

惡 character · A2 (est.)

惡＝亞＋心

ㄜˋ · è/wù

adj — evil, bad (è); verb — to hate, loathe (wù)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

亞聲yà — gives the soundthe cross-shaped plan of a tomb — second, lesser

IFyà → è / wù — the reading drifted, splitting in two

心義the heart

A heart (心) gone to the lesser, crooked side (亞) — what is evil, and what you can't stand. 亞 yà carries the sound, drifted to è and wù. Read è it is the badness itself, 邪惡、惡劣; read wù it is the recoiling from it, 厭惡、可惡.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

心（心）歪到那座墓室（亞）的角落，又黑又冷。

The heart (心) slips into the crooked corner of the tomb-plan (亞), gone dark and cold.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)邪惡、惡劣— evil; bad常用

→惡心— nauseating, disgusting

wù

(本義)厭惡、可惡— to loathe; hateful常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension