TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
蟅
蟅 ＝ 虫 ＋ 庶
ㄓㄜˋ · zhè
noun — the ground beetle (in 蟅蟲, a medicinal insect)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
虫義a small creature, a bug
庶聲shù — gives the sound, worn to zhè
{sh,zh}Ishù → zhè — the initial slid to zh, and the final to -e
A small creature (虫) and 庶 shù for the sound, worn to zhè. The word names the ground beetle — 蟅蟲, the flat dark insect kept for medicine. 庶 runs through a family that took the same retroflex turn: 遮 (to block), 蔗 (sugarcane).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻扁黑的蟲（虫）貼著地走，翻過石頭就鑽進去——蟅。
A flat dark bug (虫) hugging the ground, ducking under the first stone it meets — 蟅.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)蟅蟲、土鱉— the ground beetle常用
→䗪蟲、地鱉— the dried beetle used in medicine
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
遮＝ 辶 ＋ zhēthe series — 辶 (walk) beside it for to block, to screen蔗zhèthe series — grass over it for sugarcane