摔 (shuāi) — to fall, tumble; to throw down, fling

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摔 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)

摔＝扌＋率

ㄕㄨㄞ · shuāi

verb — to fall, tumble; to throw down, fling

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義the hand — flinging down

率聲shuài — gives the sounda rope twisted with threads at the ends

T≠shuài → shuāi — tone tips, an irregular jump

The hand (扌) flinging a thing hard to the ground — 率 shuài gives the sound, slid to shuāi. From the throw-down come both flinging and falling: 摔倒、摔跤、摔壞.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）一甩，東西重重落地——摔。

The hand (扌) snaps down and the thing hits the ground hard — to fling, to fall.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)摔下、摔倒— to throw down; to fall常用

→摔跤、摔角— to wrestle; to take a tumble常用

⇒摔壞、摔破— to smash by dropping

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