TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
梅
ㄇㄟˊ · méi
noun — plum (tree, blossom, fruit)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tměi → méi
Wood (木) with 每 — the plum tree. 每 měi carries the sound, the tone tipped to méi. The tree whose blossom opens before the rest, in the cold: 梅花、臘梅.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
雪還沒化，一棵樹（木）上已經點點開了花——梅。
The snow not yet melted, a tree (木) already flecked with blossom — the plum.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)梅樹— the plum tree常用
→梅花— plum blossom
⇒梅雨— the plum-rain season
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension