TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
案
ㄢˋ · àn
noun — table; case, file; plan
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tān → àn — tone only
A low wooden (木) table; 安 ān lends the sound, the tone stepping down. Whatever lies on the desk, 案 takes its name: the files on it are 檔案, the matters under judgment 案件, the plans spread across it 方案、專案.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
矮桌（木）擦得發亮，今天要判的卷宗一份一份疊在上面。
The low table (木) wiped to a shine; today's files stacked on it one by one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)桌案— the low table — 拍案 keeps it
→案件、檔案— case; file — what lies on the desk常用
⇒方案、答案— plan; answer — what the desk produces
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension