TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
標
ㄅㄧㄠ · biāo
noun — mark, sign; target
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{b,p,f}ITpiào → biāo — a step inside {b,p,f}; tone shifts too
The tip of a tree (木) — the highest twig, the first thing the eye finds from far off. 票 piào carries the sound, p softened to b. From the far-visible tip: the mark (標誌), the standard everyone sights on (標準), the point you aim for (目標).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
整片林子裡，就那棵樹（木）的頂梢綁了一條紅布——老遠就看見。
In the whole stand of trees, one treetop (木) wears a strip of red cloth — visible from far down the road.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)樹梢— the tip of a tree
→標誌、標記— a mark, a sign常用
⇒目標、標準— target; standard — the point sighted on
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension