TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
攔
攔 ＝ 扌 ＋ 闌
ㄌㄢˊ · lán
verb — to bar the way, intercept, hold back
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
闌聲lán — gives the sounda railing barring a gate
A hand (扌) is thrown across to stop something passing — to bar. 闌 lán, a railing set in the gateway, carries the sound exactly. From 攔住、阻攔 to 攔截 — cutting a thing off mid-course.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）一橫，像闌（闌）柵橫在門口，把衝過來的人攔了下來。
The hand (扌) goes up crossways like the rail (闌) set in a gateway, stopping the one who charges through.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)攔、攔住— to bar the way, to block常用
→阻攔— to hold back, obstruct常用
⇒攔截— to intercept
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension