TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
構
構 ＝ 木 ＋ 冓
ㄍㄡˋ · gòu
verb/noun — to construct; structure
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冓聲gòu — gives the sound exactlybeams crossed and interlocked — the framework it also pictures
Timber (木) crossed and notched into a frame — 冓, itself a picture of interlocked beams, carries the sound exactly. From raising the frame: 構造、結構、機構 — bodies built beam by beam.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
梁（木）架上梁，榫頭咬住榫眼——一根釘子也不用，架子站住了。
Beam (木) crosses beam, tenon bites mortise — without a single nail, the frame stands.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)架屋、搭木— to frame timber
→構成、結構— to form; structure常用
⇒機構— an organization — a built body
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension