TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
拖
拖 ＝ 扌 ＋ 它
ㄊㄨㄛ · tuō
verb — to drag, pull, haul; to drag out, delay
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
ITtā → tuō — initial and tone both shift
A hand (扌) and 它 tā for the sound, slid to tuō. The hand pulling something along the ground behind it — to drag, to haul. From dragging a thing, dragging out time: 拖拉、拖延、拖把. It runs the 它 series — 蛇、佗、駝.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）拉著它（它），在地上拖著走——拖。
The hand (扌) hauls it (它) along the ground behind — drag.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拖拉、拖曳— to drag, pull, haul常用
→拖延、拖時間— to drag out, delay常用
⇒拖把、拖鞋— a mop; slippers (things dragged)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension