TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
渡
渡 ＝ 氵 ＋ 度
ㄉㄨˋ · dù
verb — to cross water; to ferry over, tide over
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
Water (氵) and 度 dù, the span you measure across — to cross a river. 度 carries both the sound and the picture of reaching over. From crossing water, getting through any stretch: 渡河、渡過、過渡.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
船從這岸撐到那岸（氵），水一程——渡。
The boat poles from this bank to the far one (氵), one reach of water — crossed.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)渡河、橫渡— to cross water常用
→渡船、渡口— a ferry; a crossing-point
⇒渡過、過渡— to tide over, get through
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension