TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
胡
ㄏㄨˊ · hú
noun/adv — beard; (loan) northern peoples; recklessly, wildly
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{g,h}Igǔ → hú — the initial softened to h
Flesh (肉, written 月) and 古 gǔ for the sound, worn to hú. The old word is the loose flesh hanging under an ox's chin — the dewlap. From flesh that hangs at the chin came the beard (胡須). Borrowed wholesale: 胡 for the northern peoples, and 胡 for doing things wildly, with no rein — 胡說、胡來.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
牛下巴那團肉（月）垂著晃，鬍子也一樣垂在下巴。
The flap of flesh (月) hanging under the ox's chin sways — a beard hangs the same way.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)牛顙垂、胡須— the dewlap; the beard
→胡人、胡琴— the northern peoples; things from them常用
⇒胡說、胡來— recklessly, without rein常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension