TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
殿
殿 ＝ 尸 ＋ 殳
ㄉㄧㄢˋ · diàn
noun — a great hall, palace; (verb) to bring up the rear
字源 FORM — what the parts do
尸義a seated body — the broad base of the halla body, slumped or seated
殳聲shū — gives the sounda hand gripping a pole-weapon
IFshū → diàn — the reading shifted far off the donor
A great hall raised high above the rest: 殿堂, 宮殿. The old graph carries two tellings: a seated body (尸) for the broad base with 殳 shū the sound, or 殳 the hand-and-weapon striking with 臀 tún the sound, its top worn down into the 尸 — both land on diàn. From the highest hall, the verb for what comes last in line: 殿後.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一座高出群屋的大堂，穩穩坐在底座（尸）上——殿。
A great hall lifted above the rest, settled on its broad base (尸) — the palace.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)殿堂、宮殿— a great hall, palace常用
→大殿、正殿— the main hall
⇒殿後— to bring up the rear — what stands last
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
殳shūthe sound donor, bare — a hand with a pole-weapon