TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
海
海 ＝ 氵 ＋ 每
ㄏㄞˇ · hǎi
noun — sea
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
IF≠měi → hǎi — the 每 series splintered: 梅 méi、悔 huǐ、海 hǎi
Water (氵) at full scale — the sea. 每 lends a sound that scattered down the centuries: 梅 méi, 悔 huǐ, 海 hǎi. From the sea's size, any vastness: 人海, 雲海.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水（氵）一路鋪到天邊，沒有對岸。
Water (氵) runs flat to the sky's edge — no far shore.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)海— the sea常用
→人海、雲海— a sea of — any vastness
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension