TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
胃
ㄨㄟˋ · wèi
noun — the stomach
字源 FORM — what the parts do
The top is the stomach drawn from life — a round pouch with food inside, later squared into a 田 shape. Flesh (肉) sits below to mark it as a body organ. Together they write the stomach. From the organ, the appetite it stands for: 胃口.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個裝著食物的囊（上），底下墊著肉（肉）——這就是胃。
A pouch of food up top, flesh (肉) set beneath it — and there is the stomach.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)胃— the stomach常用
→胃口— appetite — what the stomach asks for
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension