絡 (luò) — net of threads, network; verb — to wind, twine around

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字

絡 character · TOCFL 3 (est.)

絡＝糸＋各

ㄌㄨㄛˋ · luò

noun — net of threads, network; verb — to wind, twine around

字源 FORM — what the parts do

糸義silk thread

各聲gè — gives the soundthe same 各 under 路、洛、格

{g,k,l}Igè → luò — the velar slides to l across this series (各→洛→絡)

Thread (糸) wound and crossed until it makes a net — 絡. 各 carries the sound, the velar worn to l the same way 洛、絡、落 all came out luò. From woven threads, anything that links and runs through: 脈絡、聯絡、網絡.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一束絲線（糸）纏上去，一圈一圈，繞成了網。

A bundle of thread (糸) winds round and round until it closes into a net.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)纏繞、絡絲— to wind silk, twine

→脈絡、網絡— network, the run of connecting lines常用

→聯絡— to link up, get in touch常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension