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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
character · A2 (est.)
肥 =
ㄈㄟˊ · féi
adj — fat; fertile (of soil)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

flesh — the meat radical
a body bent at the knee, packed full — worn to a 巴-like curve in the modern glyph
Flesh (月) beside a body folded thick on itself (卪, now wearing a 巴-like shape) — much meat, 多肉. From the heavy body: fat, and soil so rich it feeds: 肥沃、肥料.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一身的肉()擠在一個蜷起來的身子()上——肥。
All that flesh (月) packed onto one folded-up body (卪) — fat.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)肥胖— fat, plump常用
肥沃— fertile — soil with much in it
肥料— fertilizer
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension