TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
瓦
ㄨㄚˇ · wǎ
noun — a roof tile; fired earthenware; (loan) watt
字源 FORM — what the parts do
瓦形two curved tiles hooked togetherrendered as the whole pictograph — interlocking fired-clay tiles, no separable parts
The graph draws two curved tiles hooked into each other, the way they lie along a roof — 土器已燒, fired clay given its general name. From the roof tile: 瓦片、瓦房; and the spread of fired pottery, 陶瓦. When a roof of tiles caves in, 瓦解 — to fall to pieces.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩片彎瓦一上一下勾住，鋪成一道——瓦。
Two curved tiles hooked over and under each other, laid into a row — the roof tile.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)瓦、瓦片— a roof tile; fired earthenware常用
→瓦解— to disintegrate, fall to pieces常用
→瓦特、千瓦— watt (unit of power)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension