TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
色
色 ＝ 人 ＋ 卪
ㄙㄜˋ · sè
noun — color; look on the face, expression; lust, desire
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卪義a person kneelinga bent, kneeling figure; squashed into the 巴-like foot, hard to see now
A standing person (人) over a kneeling one (卪) — one reading the other's face. The original sense is the look the face gives off; from that came color, the hue a thing gives off, and the heat of desire: 顏色、神色、好色.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一人俯看跪著的人（卪），讀他臉上的氣色。
One person leans over a kneeling one (卪), reading the color in the face.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)神色、氣色— the look on a face, expression
→顏色、紅色— color, hue常用
⇒好色、色情— lust, desire
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension