漁 (yú) — to fish, catch fish; fishing

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漁 character · C1 (est.)

漁＝氵＋魚

ㄩˊ · yú

verb/noun — to fish, catch fish; fishing

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

魚聲yú — gives both sound and sensea fish, head to tail — and the reading exactly

Water (氵) and a fish (魚) — the catching of fish. 魚 stands in both roles, drawing the picture and giving the sound exactly. From taking fish, the trade and its grasping edge: 漁業、漁夫、漁利.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

河上一張網撒下去（氵），魚（魚）入網——漁。

A net cast over the river (氵), the fish (魚) caught in it — fishing.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)捕魚、漁獵— to fish, catch fish常用

→漁業、漁夫— fishing as a trade; a fisher常用

⇒漁利、坐收漁利— to grab gains off others' efforts

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension