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豬
豬 ＝ 豕 ＋ 者
ㄓㄨ · zhū
noun — a pig
字源 FORM — what the parts do
豕義a pig drawn whole — snout, legs, hanging belly, tail
FTzhě → zhū — 者's family fans wide: 都、煮、著
豕 is already a whole pig on its legs; 者 marks the sound, zhě worn to zhū. The old graph kept the farmyard; the new spelling took the name: 豬肉、小豬.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
食槽一響，豬（豕）擠成一排，尾巴一捲一捲的。
The trough clatters; the pigs (豕) crowd into a row, tails in curls.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)豬— the pig常用
→豬肉— pork
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension