TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
申
ㄕㄣ · shēn
verb — to state, declare; to extend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
申形rendered bare — a bolt of lightning forking down the sky
A jagged line forking through the sky — the old graph draws lightning, the very picture that 電 was later built on. The streak that stretches and reaches gives extend (伸); the flash that announces itself across the sky gives to state, to declare: 申請、申報.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道閃電劈下來，亮給整片天看——把話這樣攤開來說，就是申。
Lightning splits the sky, shown to everything below — to lay a thing out that plainly is to 申.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)電閃、伸展— lightning; to extend
→申明、申述— to state, declare常用
→申請、申報— to apply, report常用
⇒申時— the hour 3–5pm
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension