肖 (xiào) — to resemble, be like; (noun) likeness

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TSUMUGU · B2 · 字

肖 character · B2

肖＝月＋小

ㄒㄧㄠˋ · xiào

verb — to resemble, be like; (noun) likeness

字源 FORM — what the parts do

月義the flesh radical — features, the body's likeness

小聲xiǎo — gives the sound, and the sense of smallthree little strokes: small

Txiǎo → xiào — the tone shifted off the donor

The flesh radical (月) for bodily features, with 小 small beneath — a child made in the small image of the parent: to resemble. 小 xiǎo carries the sound, tipped to xiào, and its smallness shades the sense. From likeness, the portrait: 肖像、不肖、生肖.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一張小臉（月＋小），眉眼都像縮小的爹娘——肖。

A small face (月 over 小), every feature a shrunk copy of the parents' — to resemble.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)相似、像— to resemble, be like常用

→肖像— portrait, likeness

⇒不肖、生肖— unworthy (un-like); zodiac sign

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