TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
斷
斷 ＝ 㡭 ＋ 斤
ㄉㄨㄢˋ · duàn
verb — to cut off, break; to decide
字源 FORM — what the parts do
㡭義bundled silk threads — the old graph of 絕
An axe (斤) at bundled silk threads (㡭, the old graph of 絕) — together they write to cut off. The cut decides: 判斷, 果斷. Negated, the cut never comes — 不斷, unbroken.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
絲線（㡭）繃得緊緊的，斧（斤）一落——齊齊兩截。
The silk threads (㡭) pulled taut; the axe (斤) falls — two clean halves.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)切斷、折斷— to cut, break off常用
→判斷、果斷— to decide — judgment cut clean
→中斷、斷續— to interrupt — the line cut
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension