TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
泥
泥 ＝ 氵 ＋ 尼
ㄋㄧˊ · ní
noun — mud, clay; (verb, nì) to be stuck on, cling to
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water — wet earth
尼聲ní — gives the soundone figure leaning back on another, close
Water (氵) worked into earth — mud, clay, 泥土. 尼 ní carries the sound exactly. Mud holds and sticks, so the word turns inward: clinging, stubbornly fixed — 泥古不化, 拘泥.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水（氵）一和土，黏糊糊一團——踩進去就拔不出腳。
Water (氵) worked into earth, one sticky mass — step in and the foot won't pull free.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)泥土、爛泥— mud, clay常用
→泥水、水泥— wet earth; cement
⇒拘泥、泥古— to cling to, be stuck on
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
尼níthe bare phonetic — a nun坭níthe near-twin — 土 in place of , also clay