TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
櫻
ㄧㄥ · yīng
noun — cherry; cherry tree, cherry blossom
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A tree (木) hung with fruit in little clusters — cherries, strung like the shell-necklace in 嬰. 嬰 yīng carries the sound exactly. The tree's flowers gave 櫻花, its fruit 櫻桃.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一棵樹（木）掛滿成串小紅果——像給樹頸上套了一圈貝鏈（嬰）。
A tree (木) hung with clustered red fruit — a shell-string necklace (嬰) looped round its neck.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)櫻桃— the cherry常用
→櫻花— cherry blossom常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension