掉 (diào) — to drop, fall; to lose; to swing

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掉 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)

掉＝扌＋卓

ㄉㄧㄠˋ · diào

verb — to drop, fall; to lose; to swing

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義a handthe action

卓聲zhuó — gives the sounda figure standing tall, set high

ITzhuó → diào — the reading slid; the {z}/{d} edge and tone moved

A hand (扌) and 卓 zhuó for the sound. The old sense is to swing or sway (搖也) — something dangling from the hand. Let it swing loose and it drops: 掉下、掉了. From the falling, the everyday lose — 掉錢, dropped and gone.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）裡盪著的東西，越晃越鬆——一下子掉了。

The thing swinging in the hand (扌) works loose with each sway — and then it drops.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)搖動、擺盪— to swing, sway

→掉下、掉落— to drop, fall常用

⇒掉了、丟掉— to lose; to be gone常用

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