TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
講
講 ＝ 言 ＋ 冓
ㄐㄧㄤˇ · jiǎng
verb — to speak, explain, tell
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冓聲gòu — gives the soundtimbers crossed and stacked — a frame fitting together
{g,j}Igòu → jiǎng — the g softens to j before the front vowel
言 the speech, 冓 the sound: words laid frame to frame until a matter is settled — to talk through, to reconcile. 冓 gòu carries the sound, the g softened to j. From reasoning-out came 講課 to lecture, 講故事 to tell, 講究 to be particular.
意 · Meanings
(本義)講和、講解— to talk through, to reconcile, to explain常用
→講課、演講— to lecture
⇒講故事、講話— to tell, to narrate
⇒講究、講求— to be particular about, to stress
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
冓gòuthe phonetic, standing alone — crossed timbers; it also drives 構 (build), 購 (buy), 溝 (ditch)說＝ ＋ 兌shuōthe partner speech-verb — 說 explains and persuades, 講 lays out and talks through