TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
漆
漆 ＝ 氵 ＋ 桼
ㄑㄧ · qī
noun/verb — lacquer, paint; to paint, varnish; pitch-black
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water — the liquid coat
桼聲qī — sap tapped from a cut tree; gives the sound and the original sensedual-role: 桼 already pictures sap running from a tree (木 with drips); 漆 just added water
桼 (qī) is the older graph: a tree (木) with sap running from a cut — lacquer in the raw. 漆 added water (氵) for the flowing liquid coat. It is the lacquer of 油漆 and 漆器, and the black of a lacquered surface: 漆黑, pitch-dark.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
割開的樹幹滲出汁來，加水（氵）調開——刷上去，一層漆。
Sap weeps from the cut trunk, thinned with water (氵) — brushed on, a coat of lacquer.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)油漆、漆器— lacquer, paint常用
→上漆、漆牆— to paint, varnish
⇒漆黑— pitch-black
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
桼qīthe dual-role piece — the raw sap-from-a-tree graph膝xīthe series — 月(肉) not ; the knee