TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
溝
溝 ＝ 氵 ＋ 冓
ㄍㄡ · gōu
noun — ditch, channel, groove; verb — to communicate (溝通)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
冓聲gòu — gives the soundtwo halves locking together, a timber frame
Tgòu → gōu — tone drops away
Water (氵) running in a dug line — the ditch. 冓 gòu carries the sound and a picture of two halves locked into a frame; the channel is cut between its banks. 冓 builds the series 構、講、購. From a channel between two sides comes 溝通 — bridging the gap.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道水（氵）順著挖好的溝往下淌，兩邊是齊整的土岸。
Water (氵) runs down the cut line, an even bank of earth held on either side.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)水溝、溝渠— a dug water channel; ditch常用
→溝— a groove, furrow
→溝通— to communicate — bridge the channel between two sides常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension