脫 (tuō) — to take off, shed; to escape, slip free

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字

脫 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

脫＝月＋兌

ㄊㄨㄛ · tuō

verb — to take off, shed; to escape, slip free

字源 FORM — what the parts do

月義flesh — the 肉 radical on the body

兌聲duì — gives the soundthe same 兌 under 說、悅、銳

{d,t}Iduì → tuō — the voiced stop unvoiced in this branch

Flesh (月) and 兌 — the original word is to pare flesh away, to strip off. 兌 carries the sound, duì worn to tuō. From stripping came taking off clothes and slipping free of danger: 脫衣、脫鞋、脫險.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一層皮（月）從身上剝下來——脫了。

A layer of skin (月) peels away from the body — it comes off.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)消肉、剝脫— to pare flesh away, strip off

→脫衣、脫鞋— to take off (clothes)常用

⇒脫險、脫身— to escape, slip free常用

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