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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
畝 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)
畝 ＝ 田 ＋ 每
ㄇㄨˇ · mǔ
noun — a mu, a unit of land area; field, plot

字源 FORM — what the parts do

田義a field — the land being measured
每聲měi — gives the soundworn into the modern top-and-tail around 田
FTměi → mǔ — initial holds at m, final and tone shift
A field (田) measured off — the old graph 畮 set 每 beside 田 as the sound. 每 měi carries it, the m holding while the rest wears down; in the modern 畝 the donor is split above and below the field. The land unit lives in 田畝, 畝產, the size of a plot.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

把一塊田（田）丈量分段，一畝一畝算下去——畝。
A field (田) paced off and tallied, one mu after another — a measure of land.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)田畝— a unit of land area常用
→畝產— yield per mu
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
每měithe phonetic alone — 畝 sets it around the field 田畮mǔthe older form — 每 stood plainly beside 田 before it wore down