膠 (jiāo) — glue, gum — verb — to stick fast

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膠 character · B2 (est.)

膠＝月＋翏

ㄐㄧㄠ · jiāo

noun — glue, gum — verb — to stick fast

字源 FORM — what the parts do

月義flesh, animal matter (肉)the flesh radical 肉 — glue was boiled from hides and bone

翏聲liù — gives the soundfeathers 羽 over 㐬; rarely seen alone

IFTliù → jiāo — the reading shifts far from the donor

Glue boiled down from animal stuff — hide, bone, sinew — so the flesh radical (月) sits on the left. 翏 liù once carried the sound, though the reading wandered to jiāo. From the sticky paste: 膠水, 塑膠, and 膠著 for a deadlock that won't come apart.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

獸皮獸骨（月）熬成一鍋——稠稠的，黏住手分不開。

Hide and bone (月) boiled down to a thick paste — it sticks to the hand and won't let go.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)膠— glue, gum常用

→膠水、塑膠— glue; plastic常用

⇒膠著— stuck fast, deadlocked

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