詩 (shī) — a poem; poetry

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字

詩 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)

詩＝言＋寺＋寺

ㄕ · shī

noun — a poem; poetry

字源 FORM — what the parts do

言義words, speech

寺義hold, set in place — 寺 carries hold/place, the 会意 reading

IFthe 之/止 line drifted hard before settling on shī

寺聲also the phonetic, from the 之 family — worn far from shī

IFthe 之/止 line drifted hard before settling on shī

Words (言) joined to 寺 — a poem. The old graph carries two tellings: 寺 holds and sets in place, so the words are measured out, each in its place (从言从寺); or 寺 is the sound, traced back to the 之 family (之、志、持), worn a long way before landing on shī. Hold the pair against 詞: 詩 is the poem, 詞 the word.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一句句話（言）排好、定住——念起來成了詩。

The words (言) set in order and held in place — read aloud, they come out as a poem.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)詩歌— a poem; poetry常用

→詩人、詩意— poet; poetic feeling

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