TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
業
ㄧㄝˋ · yè
noun — occupation, trade; coursework; estate
字源 FORM — what the parts do
業形a great rack-board, its top cut into teeth (丵)bells and drums hung from the notches
A massive crossboard, the top cut into a row of teeth (丵) — the rack that bells and drums hang from. The board sense died out; the character moved to what fills a person's days: 職業、工業、作業、畢業 — and what the work piles up, 產業.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
樂師把最後一口鐘掛上齒板，整排鐘對得整整齊齊。
The musician hangs the last bell on the toothed board; the whole row hangs true.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)懸鐘鼓的大版— the bell-rack board (dead)
→職業、工業— occupation; industry常用
→學業、作業、畢業— studies, coursework
→產業、家業— property, estate
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension