TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
脆
ㄘㄨㄟˋ · cuì
adj — brittle, crisp; fragile
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFTwēi → cuì — initial, final and tone all reshaped
Flesh (肉, written 月) for soft, easily torn tissue; 危 wēi carries the sound, worn far toward cuì. Together they write what snaps or crumbles at a touch — crisp food (爽脆) and, of a person, easily broken: 脆弱.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊薄薄的肉（肉）擺在危（危）邊上，輕輕一折就斷。
A thin slip of flesh (肉) set by 危 — it snaps at the lightest bend.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)脆— brittle, crisp常用
→爽脆、清脆— crisp — to the bite, to the ear
⇒脆弱— fragile — easily broken
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension