TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
的
的 ＝ 白 ＋ 勺
˙ㄉㄜ · de/dí/dì
particle — links owner to owned: 我的; (dí) truly; (dì) the target
字源 FORM — what the parts do
勺聲sháo — gives the sound
≠sháo → dì — and the particle wears on to a toneless de
White (白) with 勺 for sound — the bright spot, first written 旳 with the sun. The white center of the target: 目的、標的. The everyday linker de borrowed the graph whole and wore the sound down to a breath: 我的、好吃的.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一箭一箭飛過去，都釘在那一點白（白）上。
Arrow after arrow — each one in that single spot of white (白).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
dì
(本義)目的、標的— the bullseye — the aim
dí
(引申)的確— true to the mark — indeed
de
(假借)我的、好吃的— the linker — of, the one that常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension